Chief Frans Migub /Goagoseb (born 16 June 1954 in Gobabis) is a Namibian politician and Damara leader. He is the party leader of the Namibian Democratic Movement for Change and the party's candidate for President in the 2009 general election. In that election, /Goagoseb received 1,760 votes (.22 of all votes nationally for President), which placed him in eleventh out of twelve places for President. Only Atties Beukes of the Communist Party of Namibia received fewer votes than /Goagoseb.[1]
/Goagoseb was born in 1954 in Gobabis, then South West Africa. He was attended primary school in Gobabis and secondary school in Khorixas, Kunene Region. He became active in politics in 1974 as a member of the Damara Council (DC). The DC later transformed into the South West Africa People's Democratic United Front (SWAPDUF), which took part in the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference (1975–1977). /Goagoseb was among the first to request that the that Damaras be given their own Bantustan government. Damaraland was founded in 1980 with Justus Garoëb as its head. In 1977, /Gogagoseb was a founding member of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, with which he was the primary organizer. Following independence, he was elected as the regional councilor for Gobabis twice, in 1992 and 1998. In 2003, he resigned from DTA to form the Namibian Democratic Movement for Change.[2] In 2009, he was chosen as for the party's top spot on the list of National Assembly candidates as well as the party's candidate for President[3] but did not earn a seat in the National Assembly.
/Goagoseb received 1,760 votes for President in 2009. His strongest showing was in the Rehoboth Rural, where he placed 2nd of the 12 candidates with 674 votes, only behind Katuutire Kaura of DTA, who received 1,114 votes. Overall, /Goagoseb received 1001 votes in the central Hardap Region, or 57% of his total votes nationally. He next best constituency was his native Gobabis, where he finished in 5th place with 298 votes.[4]