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Names: Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba
Date of Birth: 18 August 1935
Place of Birth: Okanghudi-Pohamba village, Oshikango Constituency, Ohangwena Region, Namibia
Family: Father: Pohamba Hamukoto - Peasant Mother: Kaupumhote Nghituuamata - Peasant Four bothers and four... moreNames: Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba
Date of Birth: 18 August 1935
Place of Birth: Okanghudi-Pohamba village, Oshikango Constituency, Ohangwena Region, Namibia
Family: Father: Pohamba Hamukoto - Peasant Mother: Kaupumhote Nghituuamata - Peasant Four bothers and four sisters
Upbringing/ Grew up with parents, assisting with general Childhood: work including cultivation of land and looking after livestock (cattle, goats etc)
Qualifications: Attended Holy Cross Mission School at Onamunama 1947 to 1953.
Obtained a Diploma in Political Science, International School of Political Science, Moscow, Russian Federation,1981.
Other qualifications: Trained in Project Planning and Finance under the auspices of Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) 1982.
Marital Status: Married to Penehupifo Hipangelwa in 1983: One son and two daughters were born from this union
Hifikepunye Pohamba
BIOGRAPHY
Profession: Politician
1956 -1960: Employed as Clerk at Tsumeb Corporation Limited (TCL)
1964 -1969: Served as SWAPO Deputy Chief Representative for Central and North Africa, based in Algiers, Algeria
1973 -1977: Served as SWAPO Chief Representative in East Africa, based in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
1978: Elected as Member of the Political Bureau of SWAPO
1978 -1989: Served as Secretary for Finance of SWAPO
1989: Head of Administration, SWAPO Elections Directorate, Windhoek, Namibia
“Elected as a Member of the Constituent Assembly which drafted the Constitution of the Republic of Namibia.”
1990: Became a member of the National Assembly (Parliament) of the Republic of Namibia.
1990 -1995: Served as the first Minister of Home Affairs, Republic of Namibia
1996 -1998: Served as the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Republic of Namibia
1999 -2000: Served as Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the President, Republic of Namibia
2001 -2005: Served as Minister of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Republic of Namibia
2005 to date: Elected as President of the Republic of Namibia
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1960: Founding member of SWAPO Party and Political Mobiliser.
1961: Arrested, chained for several days and flogged publicly at Ohangwena Traditional Court due to his political activism.
1961: Left Namibia for Tanganyika (the present Tanzania).
1962 Returned to Namibia from Tanganyika. Arrested and imprisoned for 5 months and thereafter was placed under house arrest at Okanghudi village. Left Namibia for Tanganyika in the same year.
1963: Returned to Namibia and operated underground as a SWAPO Mobiliser.
1964: Left Namibia for the second time for Tanzania to participate in the organisation of the national liberation struggle.
1966: Returned to Namibia from Zambia together with Comrade Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma to challenge the South African Colonial Administration. They were subsequently detained and deported the following day back to Zambia.
1970: Elected as a member of the Central Committee and Deputy Administrative Secretary of SWAPO at the SWAPO Consultative Congress held at Tanga, Tanzania.
1977: Elected as a member of the Central Committee and its Political Bureau, and as Secretary for finance at the SWAPO Consultative Congress held at Namundwe, Zambia.
1983: Re-elected to the Central Committee and its Political Bureau, and Secretary for Finance at the Enlarged SWAPO Central Committee Meeting held at Kwanza-Sul, Angola.
1991: Re-elected to the Central Committee and its Political Bureau and as Secretary for Finance at the first Congress of SWAPO held in an Independent Namibia.
1997: Elected as Secretary-General of SWAPO Party at the 2nd SWAPO Party Congress held in Windhoek.
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
2002: Elected as Vice-President of the SWAPO Party at its 3rd Congress held in Windhoek.
2004: Nominated as the SWAPO Party Presidential Candidate at the SWAPO Party Extra-Ordinary Congress held in Windhoek.
" Elected President of the Republic of Namibia.
2005: Sworn-in as the Second President of the Republic of Namibia on 21 March 2005.
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES AND HONOURS
1977-1989: Responsible for the management of all Finances of SWAPO Party including the management of all donor assistance to SWAPO, its Settlements and Projects in exile and in Namibia.
1983-1984: Assigned the responsibility of designing a framework for the establishment of a future Bank of Namibia with the assistance of the Government of Sweden, including the recruitment of its first Governor, the design of the future fiscal and monetary Policies for the independent Namibia.
Publications: Co-authored various SWAPO Party policy papers and Publications, including the guide "Implementation of SWAPO Party Election Manifesto", November 2000.
2005: Recipient of Namibia's highest award, the Most Ancient Order of the Welwitchia Mirabilis.
2010 Recipient of the 2010 Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) Food Security Policy Leadership Award
2011 Awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (honoris causa)... less
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