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Nico Bessinger
Nikolaus Onverwag 'Niko' Bessinger (12 June 1948 – 25 March 2008) was a Namibian politician and independence activist. Bessinger was born on 12 June 1948 in Walvis Bay, South West Africa. Born into the Goreseb clan which is closely related to the Goreseb Royal House. He attended St. Bonifacius Roman Catholic Primary School in Windhoek, Augustineum Secondary School in Okahandja and matriculated at Athlone High School in Cape Town in 1966. He then studied architecture at the University of Cape Town from 1969 to 1972 before receiving a Fulbright scholarship to study at the University of Detroit in the United States. He received the National Dean's List Award in 1979 and 1980. Bessinger graduated with a B.Sc. (Architecture) in 1980 and a B.Arch. in 1981 before being registered as an Architect in Namibia in 1983 (Member of the Namibia Institute of Architects and the Namibia Council of Architects and Quantity Surveyors). In Namibia he joined ''Kerry McNamara and Associates'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Honourable
''The Honourable'' (British English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions. Use by governments International diplomacy In international diplomatic relations, representatives of foreign states are often styled as ''The Honourable''. Deputy chiefs of mission, , consuls-general and consuls are always given the style. All heads of consular posts, whether they are honorary or career postholders, are accorded the style according to the State Department of the United States. However, the style ''Excellency'' instead of ''The Honourable'' is used for ambassadors and high commissioners. Africa The Congo In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the prefix 'Honourable' or 'Hon.' is used for members of both chambers of the Parliament of the Democratic Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cemeteries In Windhoek
A complete list of cemeteries in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia: Historic cemeteries * Leutwein Cemetery (1892–1904), situated between Robert Mugabe Avenue and Leutwein Street in Central Windhoek. Sometimes regarded as two different cemeteries with one piece left and one piece right of Mugabe Avenue, the burial place is named after Theodor Leutwein, colonial administrator of German South West Africa from 1894 to 1904. * Gammams Cemetery (1904–) on the western side of Gammams River between today's suburbs of Hochland Park and Pioneers Park. The cemetery started as an informal burial ground for victims of the Herero Wars. Gammams Cemetery accommodates Namibia's only crematory. * Veronica Street Cemetery in the Ludwigsdorf suburb * Katutura Cemetery in Claudius Kandovazu Street, Katutura Current cemeteries * Old Location Cemetery (opened 1927), an extension to the Gammams cemetery on the eastern side of Gammams River. The name stems from Windhoek's former Old Locatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hifikepunye Pohamba
Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born 18 August 1936) is a Namibian politician who served as the second president of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March 2015. He won the 2004 presidential election overwhelmingly as the candidate of SWAPO, and was reelected in 2009. Pohamba was the president of SWAPO from 2007 until his retirement in 2015. He is a recipient of the Ibrahim Prize. Prior to his presidency, Pohamba served in various ministerial positions, beginning at Namibia's independence in 1990. He was Minister of Home Affairs from 1990 to 1995, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources from 1995 to 1997, Minister without portfolio from 1997 to 2000, and Minister of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation from 2000 to 2005. He was also secretary-general of SWAPO from 1997 to 2002 and vice-president of SWAPO from 2002 to 2007. Early life Hifikepunye Pohamba was born on 18 August 1936 in Okanghudi, South West Africa, in an area then known as Ovamboland (today in the Ohangwena R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Committee
Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of Communist party, communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party organizations, the committee would typically be made up of delegates elected at a party congress. In Communist state, those states where it constituted the state power, the central committee made decisions for the party between congresses and usually was (at least nominally) responsible for electing the politburo. In non-ruling communist parties, the central committee is usually understood by the party membership to be the ultimate decision-making authority between congresses once the process of democratic centralism has led to an agreed-upon position. Non-communist organizations are also governed by central committees, such as the right-wing Likud party in Israel, the North American Mennonite Central Committee, Mennonite Church and Alcoholic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlene Mungunda
Maria Marlene Mungunda (born 11 September 1954 in Mariental, Hardap Region) is a Namibian politician who served in several portfolios as minister. She is a teacher by professionProfile at Namibia Institute for Democracy and worked as teacher from 1975 to 1996. Career A member of the , Mungunda worked in the lower party structures for her home town Mariental and for the Southern region. In 1996 she enteredparliament
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1994 Namibian General Election
General elections were held in Namibia on 4 and 5 December 1994. There were two votes, one for president (the first time a president had been directly elected) and one for the National Assembly. Both elections were won by SWAPO The South West Africa People's Organisation (, SWAPO; af, Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie, SWAVO; german: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former ind ..., who won 53 of the 72 seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate, Sam Nujoma, won the presidential election. Results President National Assembly By region References Presidential elections in Namibia Parliamentary elections in Namibia Namibia Parliamentary election National Assembly (Namibia) Namibia {{Namibia-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The 2nd National Assembly Of Namibia
Below is a list of the 2nd National Assembly of the Republic of Namibia. Individual members were selected by political parties voted for in the 1994 election. The members were in the National Assembly from 21 March 1995 until 21 March 2000. Members were chosen by their parties. Parties were voted in via proportional representation. The National Assembly consisted of 78 members: 72 elected from the party lists, and 6 without voting rights, appointed by the president. The seat distribution for the voting members was as follows: * South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO): 53 * Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA): 15 * United Democratic Front (UDF): 2 * Democratic Coalition of Namibia (DCN): 1 * Monitor Action Group (MAG): 1 Members The following people were members of the 2nd National Assembly: South West Africa People's Organization * Mose Tjitendero, speaker of the National Assembly * Zephania Kameeta deputy speaker * Hage Geingob, prime minister * Hendrik Witbooi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Nujoma
Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma, (; born 12 May 1929) is a Namibian revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served three terms as the first President of Namibia, from 1990 to 2005. Nujoma was a founding member and the first president of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) in 1960. Prior to 1960, SWAPO was known as the Ovambo People's Organisation (OPO). He played an important role as leader of the national liberation movement in campaigning for Namibia's political independence from South African rule. He established the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) in 1962 and launched a guerrilla war against the apartheid government of South Africa in August 1966 at Omungulugwombashe, beginning after the United Nations withdrew the mandate for South Africa to govern the territory. Nujoma led SWAPO during the lengthy Namibian War of Independence, which lasted from 1966 to 1989. During World War I, South Africa defeated the German colonial forces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The 1st National Assembly Of Namibia
Below is a list of the 1st National Assembly of the Republic of Namibia. The members were in the National Assembly from independence on 21 March 1990 until the 1994 elections. Selection Members are chosen by their parties. Parties are voted in via proportional representation. South West Africa People's Organization * Asser Kuveri Kapere - Chairperson * Mose Penaani Tjitendero - Speaker * Hage Geingob * Hendrik Witbooi * Ben Amathila * Libertine Amathila * Solly Amadhila * Helmut Angula * Nahas Angula * H Ausiku * Nico Bessinger * Willem Biwa * Danie Botha * Klaus Dierks * Jerry Ekandjo * Moses ǁGaroëb * Theo-Ben Gurirab * Hidipo Hamutenya * Gert Hanekom * Marco Hausiku * Otto Herrigel * Hadino Hishongwa * Joshua Hoebeb * Michaela Hübschle * Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana * Nangolo Ithete * Nickey Iyambo * Richard Kapelwa Kabajani * Peter Katjavivi * Willem Konjore * Barmenas Rikurura Kukuri * Philemon Malima * Nathaniel Maxuilili * Kaire Mbuende * David Meroro * Peter M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrorism Act, 1967
The Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 was a law of the South African Apartheid regime until all except section 7 was repealed under the Internal Security and Intimidation Amendment Act 138 of 1991. Detention without trial Section 6 of the Act allowed someone suspected of involvement in terrorism—which was very broadly defined as anything that might "endanger the maintenance of law and order"—to be detained for a 60-day period (which could be renewed) without trial on the authority of a senior police officer. Since there was no requirement to release information on who was being held, people subject to the Act tended to disappear. The death of Steve Biko in police custody in 1977, while being detained under the Act, was a particular ''cause célèbre A cause célèbre (,''Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged'', 12th Edition, 2014. S.v. "cause célèbre". Retrieved November 30, 2018 from https://www.thefreedictionary.com/cause+c%c3%a9l%c3%a8bre ,''Random House K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNTAG
The United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) was a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force deployed from April 1989 to March 1990 in Namibia, known at the time as South West Africa, to monitor the peace process and elections there. Namibia had been occupied by South Africa since 1915, first under a League of Nations mandate and later illegally. Since 1966, South African forces had been combating an insurgency by the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), the military wing of the Namibian-nationalist South West African People's Organization (SWAPO). The UN Security Council passed Resolution 435 in 1978, which set out a plan for elections administered by South Africa but under UN supervision and control after a ceasefire. However, only in 1988 were the two parties able to agree to a ceasefire. As UNTAG began to deploy peacekeepers, military observers, police, and political workers, hostilities were briefly renewed on the day the transition process was supposed to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
