Name Erkki Nghimtina Erkki Nghimtina
Surname Nghimtina
First Names Erkki
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Country of Birth Namibia
Positions
From To Organisation Position
2005   Ministry of Mines & Energy Minister of Mines & Energy
1998   Namibian National Assembly Member of National Assembly
1997 2005 Ministry of Defence Minister of Defence
1995 1998 Namibian National Assembly Member to National Assembly - non voting
1995 1997 Ministry of Defence Deputy Minister of Defence
1990 1995 Namibian Defence Force Director of Communications
1985 1985   Special Commanders Course - Mechanized Infantry Brigade Commander - Moscow
  1985   National Diploma in Public Administration
1983 1989   PLAN Chief of Communications
  1983   Bachelor of Business Administration
1981 1982   Political Science - East Germany
1979 1982   Director of Communications - Shilumbaba
1976 1979   Acting Regional Chief of Communications - Eastern Front Zambia
1974 1989   Joined PLAN
1974 1989   Left Namibia for exile through Angola to Zambia
1974 1976   Military Training in USSR - Military Radio Specialist
1972 1973   Clerk - Consolidated Diamond Mine Oranjemund
1970 1972   Clerk - Oshakati Wholesale
Date of Birth 16 Sep 1948
Political Affiliation SWAPO
eMail enghimtina@mme.gov.na
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Notes Member of the Military Council. Chairman of the Defence Staff Council. Member of the Council of Defence. Member of the National HIV/AIDS Council. Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Joint Commission of Defence and Security between South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Angola. Member of SADC Interstate Defence and Security. Member of Defence Ministers of AU Peace and Security Council. Member of the SWAPO Party Central Committee. SWAPO Party political leader assigned to the Ohangwena Region. Recipient of Grand Knight (1998). Recipient of Oredem De Rio Branco Award (1999). Board membership: SIPE Board, Ohangwena Development Trust.
[ Retrieved on 11 JUN 2008 ]
Record last updated on 27 JUN 2008