13 Notable alumni of
University of Namibia
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The University of Namibia is 2827th in the world, 71st in Africa, and 1st in Namibia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from the University of Namibia sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Sam Nujoma
- Occupations
- politicianautobiographer
- Biography
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Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma, is a Namibian revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served three terms as the first President of Namibia, from 1990 to 2005. Nujoma was a founding member and the first president of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) in 1960. Before 1960, SWAPO was known as the Ovambo People's Organisation (OPO). He played an important role as leader of the national liberation movement in campaigning for Namibia's political independence from South African rule. He established the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) in 1962 and launched a guerrilla war against the apartheid government of South Africa in August 1966 at Omugulugwombashe, beginning after the United Nations withdrew the mandate for South Africa to govern the territory. Nujoma led SWAPO during the lengthy Namibian War of Independence, which lasted from 1966 to 1989.
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Monica Geingos
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 48)
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Monica Geingos is a Namibian entrepreneur and lawyer who served as the 3rd First Lady of Namibia from 2015 until her husband died in 2024. She has been a board member and director within many of the country's large companies. She also chaired the Presidential Economic Advisory Council. She was the President of the Organisation of African First Ladies for Development. The former first lady of Namibia now serves as the Chancellor of Kepler College in Kigali, Rwanda.
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Theo-Ben Gurirab
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- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Theo-Ben Gurirab was a Namibian politician who served in various senior government positions. He served as the second prime minister of Namibia from 28 August 2002 to 20 March 2005, following the demotion and subsequent resignation of Hage Geingob. Previously he was the country's first Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 2002 and was President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1999 to 2000. He was Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia from 2005 to 2015, when he was replaced by Peter Katjavivi. Gurirab ultimately resigned from politics in 2015.
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Francine Muyumba
- Occupations
- politicianactivist
- Biography
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Francine Furaha Muyumba is a Congolese activist and politician serving as Senator in the Senate of Congo. Previously, she served as the president of the Panafrican Youth Union, the official youth body of the African Union from November 2015 to April 2019.
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Job Amupanda
- Years
- 1987-.. (age 38)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Job Shipululo Amupanda is a Namibian activist, associate professor, and politician who served as Mayor of the City of Windhoek, in office from 2 December 2020 to 1 December 2021. He was an Associate Professor at the University of Namibia before he co-founded the Affirmative Repositioning movement, a movement set up by radical youth activists of the SWAPO Party Youth League in November 2014.
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Emma Theofelus
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- politicianminister
- Biography
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Emma Inamutila Theofelus is a Namibian politician, currently serving as a Minister of Information, Communication and Technology as of 9 February 2024. Theofelus was 23 years old at the time of her appointment in March 2020 and is the current youngest woman government minister in both Africa and Namibia.
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Joseph Kalimbwe
- Occupations
- columnist
- Biography
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Joseph Kalimbwe is a Zambian politician, author and activist. Previously, he was president of the African Union youth simulation in 2014 and president of the student representative council of the University of Namibia in 2017. He has written for the Namibian Sun, and has published three books including Persecuted in Search of Change in 2017, The Pain of An Empty Stomach in 2015 and Teenage-Hood & the Impact of the Western World in 2014.
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Bernadus Swartbooi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bernadus Clinton Swartbooi is a Namibian politician.
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John Mutorwa
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Mutorwa is a Namibian politician and currently a deputy prime minister and Minister of Works and Transport. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), Mutorwa has served in the National Assembly of Namibia as well as the cabinet since 1992.
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Peya Mushelenga
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Samuel Abraham Peyavali "Peya" Mushelenga is a Namibian politician and poet. He is broadly educated, holding fourteen academic qualifications from seven different universities.
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Pohamba Shifeta
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pohamba Penomwenyo Shifeta is a Namibian politician. He has been Namibia's Minister of Environment and Tourism since his appointment by President Hage Geingob in March 2015.
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Tjekero Tweya
- Occupations
- trade unionistpolitician
- Biography
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Tjekero Tweya, is a Namibian politician and trade unionist. Tweya is a member of parliament for SWAPO. He served in the Cabinet of Namibia as Minister of Industrialization, Trade and SME Development and as Minister of Information and Communication Technology.
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Lovisa Mulunga
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Lovisa Tuyakula Mulunga is a Namibian footballer who plays as a defender for Namibia Women's Super League club Tura Magic FC, where she is team captain, and the Namibia women's national team, also known as the Brave Gladiators. She was named the 2011/2012 Namibia Women's Super League Player of the Season.
