The following events occurred during

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

in Namibia.

Incumbents

* President: Sam Nujoma (from 21 March) * Prime Minister: Hage Geingob (from 21 March) * Chief Justice:

Hans Joachim Berker Hans Joachim Berker (1924–1992) was a Namibian judge. He served as the first Chief Justice in the Supreme Court of Namibia from 1990 to 1992. Biography Berker was born on 28 March 1924 in Hamburg, Germany. His family moved to South West Afric ...

(from 21 March)

Events

20 March Events Pre-1600 * 673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka. * 1206 – Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. *1600 – The Linkö ...

State President of South Africa The State President of the Republic of South Africa ( af, Staatspresident) was the head of state of South Africa from 1961 to 1994. The office was established when the country became a republic on 31 May 1961, albeit, outside the Commonweal ...

F. W. de Klerk Frederik Willem de Klerk (, , 18 March 1936 – 11 November 2021) was a South African politician who served as state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996 in the democratic government. As South A ...

gives his assent to the

Recognition of the Independence of Namibia Act, 1990 The Recognition of the Independence of Namibia Act, 1990 is an act of the Parliament of South Africa by which the South African government recognised the independence of Namibia, which had been under disputed South African administration as South ...

, by which the South African government recognises the independence of Namibia. *

21 March Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas and ...

- Namibia is officially independent. Sam Nujoma is sworn in as the first President of Namibia, in a ceremony attended by representatives of 147 countries, including 20 heads of state. Sam Nujoma was sworn in as the first President of Namibia watched by

Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist who served as the President of South Africa, first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1 ...

(who had been released from prison shortly beforehand) and representatives from 147 countries, including 20 heads of state.Chronology of Namibian Independence
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Births

23 May Events Pre-1600 *1430 – Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction. *1498 – Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy. *1533 – The marriage of King Henry VIII ...

- Raymond van Schoor, cricketer (d. 2015)

References

Years of the 20th century in Namibia 1990s in Namibia Namibia Namibia {{Africa-year-stub