Namibian Diplomats - Theo-Ben Gurirab, Charles Ndaxu Namoloh, Andreas Shipanga, Marten Kapewasha, John YA-Otto, Nora Schimming-Chase (Paperback)

Chapters: Theo-Ben Gurirab, Charles Ndaxu Namoloh, Andreas Shipanga, Marten Kapewasha, John Ya-Otto, Nora Schimming-Chase, Martin Andjaba, Wilfried Emvula, Peter Mweshihange. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Theo-Ben Gurirab (born January 23, 1939) is a Namibian politician who has been the Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia since 2005; previously he was Prime Minister of Namibia from August 27, 2002 to March 19, 2005. Gurirab was born in Usakos in Erongo Region. In exile from 1962 to 1989, he was Associate Representative of the SWAPO Mission to United Nations and United States from 1964 to 1972, then Head of the SWAPO Mission to the United Nations from 1972 to 1986. Subsequently he was SWAPO's Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 1986 to 1990. He was a SWAPO member of the Constituent Assembly, which was in place from November 1989 to March 1990, immediately prior to independence, and since 1990 he has been a member of the National Assembly. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from independence in 1990 until he was appointed as Prime Minister by President Sam Nujoma on August 27, 2002, replacing Hage Geingob. While serving as Foreign Minister, he was elected as the President of the United Nations General Assembly on September 14, 1999, serving in that position until September 2000. Following the 2004 election, Gurirab was elected as Speaker of the National Assembly at the beginning of the new parliamentary term on March 20, 2005. He received the sixth highest number of votes377in the election to the Central Committee of SWAPO at the party's August 2002 congress. He was again one of the highest scoring candidates in the election to the Central Committee at SWAPO's November 2007 congress. As of April 2009, Gurirab is the President of the Inte...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=39505