Utoni Nujoma

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Utoni Daniel Nujoma (born 9 September 1952 in Windhoek[1]) is a Namibian politician. He is the son of former president Sam Nujoma and is currently Deputy Minister of Justice. He is also a member of the Central Committee and Politburo of SWAPO.[2]

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[edit] Education and early life

[edit] Early life

Nujoma was raised by his mother, as SWAPO leader and his father Sam left for exile when Utoni was eight years old. In May 1974, Nujoma and his two brothers left to join their father in exile in Angola. [3]

[edit] Education

Nujoma earned law degrees from both the University of Warwick in England (1991) and Lund University in Sweden in 1995.

[edit] Politics

He was first elected to the Central Committee of SWAPO at the party's August 2002 congress,[4] receiving 316 votes and placing 22nd out of the 57 members elected.[5] He has served as a member of the National Assembly of Namibia and as Deputy Minister of Justice since March 2005.[1] He received the second highest number of votes in the election for members of the Central Committee at SWAPO's November 2007 congress.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Profile at Namibian Parliament website.
  2. ^ Utoni Nujoma verbally assaults Editor. Retrieved on 2008-01-06.
  3. ^ Hopwood, Graham. Guide to Namibian Politics, 2007 edition. Namibia Institute for Democracy, Windhoek, 2007
  4. ^ Tangeni Amupadhi, "Few surprises in CC vote", The Namibian, August 29, 2002.
  5. ^ "The ruling party's new Central Committee", The Namibian, August 27, 2002.
  6. ^ Christof Maletsky, "Swapo big names dropped", The Namibian, December 3, 2007.