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    Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born 18 August 1935) is a Namibian politician who served as the second president of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March...
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    "Penny" Pohamba (born 16 June 1948) is a Namibian nurse and politician who was the second First Lady of Namibia while her husband, Hifikepunye Pohamba, was...
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    SWAPO's candidate for president, Hifikepunye Pohamba, won the presidential election. Following his victory, Pohamba was sworn in as president on 21 March...
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    made significant contributions to the country. Former President Hifikepunye Pohamba presented Mbumba with the award and sash, symbolizing his role as...
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    and official election results, released on 4 December, showed that Hifikepunye Pohamba and his SWAPO Party were re-elected, each with over 75% of the vote...
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    Among the first arrivals were Mzee Kaukungwa, Mosé Tjitendero, and Hifikepunye Pohamba.[citation needed] In 1962, SWAPO founded its armed wing, the South...
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    twenty-fourth anniversary of independence of the country, by President Hifikepunye Pohamba. The name of the proposed museum was subject to considerable debate...
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    [citation needed] In 2004, the SWAPO presidential candidate was Hifikepunye Pohamba, described as Nujoma's hand-picked successor. In 2014, the SWAPO...
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    result which was considered likely to make him the successor of Hifikepunye Pohamba as president of Namibia in 2015. Geingob received 312 votes from...
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    with its own village council by the former President of Namibia, Hifikepunye Pohamba. The name Bukalo is from the word Buikalo which simply means ‘Settlement’...
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    21 March 1990 (Namibia's Independence Day) until 21 March 2005. Hifikepunye Pohamba was Namibia's second president serving from 2005 to 2015. Hage Geingob...
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    Namibia. The first president for whom the term limits applied was Hifikepunye Pohamba in 2015. If the presidency falls vacant and the president is unable...
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  • Nujoma, but he was recalled in October 2006 by Nujoma's successor, Hifikepunye Pohamba, and appointed as Chief of the Namibia Defence Force (NDF). He replaced...
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  • including incumbent President Hage Geingob and former Presidents Hifikepunye Pohamba and Sam Nujoma (as of 2016). In the morning of May 4, 1978, the South...
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  • from the 15-year rule of President Sam Nujoma to his successor, Hifikepunye Pohamba in 2005 went smoothly. Namibian government has promoted a policy...
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  • as the Special Advisor on Economics to presidents Sam Nujoma and Hifikepunye Pohamba. Gaoseb was born on 17 September 1941, in Otjiwarongo, Namibia to...
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    seven years of deployment in the Ministry of Finance, President Hifikepunye Pohamba appointed Schlettwein to the National Assembly as one of the six...
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    2006, Lieutenant General Martin Shalli headed the NDF. President Hifikepunye Pohamba suspended Lieutenant-General Shalli from his post as Chief of Defence...
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    v t e Presidents of Namibia Sam Nujoma Hifikepunye Pohamba Hage Geingob† Nangolo Mbumba Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (Elect)...
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  • Namibia and was reappointed in the same position in 2013 by President Hifikepunye Pohamba. "News Stand | Democracy in the Mirror". Retrieved 2020-07-31. "Martha...
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    He placed third in the first round, receiving 137 votes, while Hifikepunye Pohamba received 213 and Hidipo Hamutenya received 166, and he was therefore...
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    transition from the 15-year rule of President Nujoma to his successor Hifikepunye Pohamba in 2005 went smoothly. Since independence, the Namibian government...
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  • President Hifikepunye Pohamba. The village has one school which comprises grades 1 to 10. The economy is based on substance farming. "Profile: Hifikepunye Pohamba"...
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    established at Namibian independence in 1990, the first minister was Hifikepunye Pohamba who later became Namibia's second president. In 2020, Home Affairs...
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  • 5th National Assembly of Namibia in 2009 as a choice of president Hifikepunye Pohamba. He was subsequently appointed deputy Minister of Environment and...
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    presidential election, Katima Mulilo Rural voted overwhelmingly for Hifikepunye Pohamba (SWAPO). Pohamba won with 3776 (72%) votes, followed by Ben Ulenga of the...
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  • 2001 to 2012. She was transferred to Khomas Region by President Hifikepunye Pohamba after she was elected as Deputy Secretary General of SWAPO on December...
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    election the same year, Kabbe voted overwhelmingly for Hifikepunye Pohamba of SWAPO. Pohamba won with 3764 (96%) votes, with Ben Ulenga of the Congress...
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    reshuffles the country has seen since independence". President: Hifikepunye Pohamba Prime Minister: Nahas Angula (2010–2012), Hage Geingob (2012–2015)...
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    renamed in August 2013, originally to ǃNamiǂNüs. Namibia's president Hifikepunye Pohamba stated that: "I have accepted the [4th Delimitation] Commission's...
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