Royal /Ui/o/oo
| Honourable Royal /Ui/o/oo | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Minister of Veteran Affairs and Marginalised People | |
|
Assumed office 21 March 2015 | |
| President | Hage Geingob |
| Prime Minister | Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila |
| Preceded by | Nickey Iyambo |
Royal Johan Kxao /Ui/o/oo (pronunciation (UI txoei txotxo)[1] (born 30 September 1966) is a Namibian politician who is serving in the Cabinet of Namibia as Deputy Minister of Veteran Affairs and Marginalised People since March 2015.[2] He was a member of Parliament as a SWAPO backbencher between 2000 and 2005, and after that a special advisor in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.[3]
/Ui/o/oo grew up in Botswana. He finished his matric at NamCOL and holds a certificate in Linguistic Studies in African Languages. As of 2016 he is enrolled at Unisa for a law degree.[4]
/Ui/o/oo is an ethnic San from Tsumkwe's Juǀ'hoan-speaking community, for which he is also a senior traditional officer. At the time he became a parliamentarian in 2000, he was the youngest ever SWAPO MP. He also was the first and only San to serve in Parliament.[5]
References
- ↑ "Deputy Minister Royal /Ui/o/oo on representing minorities in the Vice Presidency Office". YouTube.com. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ↑ Immanuel, Shinovene; Mongudhi, Tileni (20 March 2015). "Costly Democracy". The Namibian. p. 1–2.
- ↑ "Mushelenga to replace Iyambo in parliament". Namibian Sun. 21 February 2013.
- ↑ "Know Your MPs. Royal Kxao /Ui/o/oo (Swapo)". New Era. 24 June 2016. p. 4.
- ↑ Graham Hopwood: Who's Who: /Ui/o/oo, Royal at Namibia Institute for Democracy, 2007