Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo (born 4 June 1974 in Enkono, Ondonga) is the reigning king of Ondonga kingdom, a sub-tribe of Owambo people since 2019 in

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. Nangolo is the nephew of late King

Immanuel Kauluma Elifas Omukwaniilwa Immanuel Kauluma Elifas (born.c. 1 January 1934 Epale – 26 March 2019 Onandjokwe) was a chief of the Ondonga, a sub-tribe of Owambo people since 28 August 1975, in Namibia having succeeded his brother the late Chief Fillemon Elif ...

who reigned from 1975 - 2019. The Ondonga tribal area is situated around

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on the eastern edge of

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in northern Namibia. On 14 April, he was appointed the king of the Aandonga. His uncle Konisa Kalenga was also being crowned as king the same day. The succession dispute ended with Shuumbwa being recognised by

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in June 2019.

Early life and education

Shuumbwa Nangolo's father is the late Namupala gwaNangolo dhaNamupala gwaMvula yaNangolo dhAmutenya gwaSheya shAmakutuwa and his mother is Maria Josef and was raised by his uncle and predecessor, Omukwaniilwa

at his palace at Onamungundo. In June 2002, the King Elifas appointed Nangolo as his assistant and successor. King Elifas died in March 2019. Nangolo attended primary school at Okashandja and

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before matriculating at Oshakati Senior Secondary School, he received basic military training at the Osona military base near

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in 1999 and become a member of the then

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(NDF) air wing unit were he is currently a

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. In the year 2000 and 2001 he received aircraft instrument, mechanical and pilot-related training from the Denel Technical Academy in

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and participated in Operation Atlantic Second Congo War (DRC). Nangolo has also received training in common and customary law and also served on the Law Reform and Development Commission (LRDC), then chaired by the justice minister

Sacky Shanghala Sakeus Edward Twelityaamena "Sacky" Shanghala (born 13 June 1977) is a Namibian lawyer and politician who served as the Minister of Justice from 8 February 2018 until November 2019 when he was forced to resign in the wake of the Fishrot scandal. ...

. King Shuumbwa was officially installed as the 18th legitimate king of the Ondonga on 29 June 2019 at Onambango palace, a historical event that attracted thousands of people including Namibian vice president

Nangolo Mbumba Nangolo Mbumba (born 15 August 1941) in Olukonda, Namibia. He is a Namibian politician who currently serves as the 2nd vice president of Namibia. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), Mbumba has headed a number of Nam ...

a nephew to Shuumbwa and other government ministers and senior officials. He was officially sworn in by the chairman of the Oukwanyama Traditional Authority, senior traditional councillor George Nelulu, on behalf of the Queen of

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, Martha Mwadinomo Nelumbu a day after a second High Court bid by a faction supporting Konis Eino Kalenga for the kingship failed.

Personal life

Nangolo married Adelheid Gustaf at Oniihwa,

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on 7 April 2007 and established their homestead at Onambango near Ondangwa, which is now the Ondonga palace.

References

External links

"Namibia Traditional Polities" at World Statesmen.org
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Personal life

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