Agnes Mundia Limbo (born 12 May 1957 in Kanginzila, Zambezi Region) is a

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n politician. A member of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), she was named the Deputy Secretary of the party at their founding conference in December 2008. She was elected to the National Assembly of Namibia with RDP in the 2009 general election.

Career

Limbo was a member of

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 ...

from an early encounter with SWAPO exile leaders in

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in 1974 until her resignation in 2007. In 1975, she fled to the Oshatowa refugee camp in Zambia, where she officially joined SWAPO. She received military training in exile before studying in the

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. In the run-up to Namibia's independence in 1989, Limbo was one of hundreds of Namibian exiles who returned to the country. She held various positions in the SWAPO-led government until her resignation in 2007 to join RDP. In September 2010, Limbo and 8 other opposition politicians were sworn-in as members of the National Assembly following a six-month boycott due to electoral irregularities in the 2009 election.

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, 15 September 2010

References

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