Kovambo Theopoldine Katjimune Nujoma (née Mushimba; born 10 March 1933) is a

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n political figure and former

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. Nujoma, who is the wife of former

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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 ...

, served as the inaugural First Lady of Namibia for fifteen years from the country's creation in 1990 until 2005. She has been nicknamed the "Mother of the Nation."

Biography

Nujoma was born on 10 March 1933, the daughter of Johannes and Kandorera Mushimba. Nujoma's siblings included

Aaron Mushimba Aaron Twapewa Johannes Mushimba (29 November 1946 – 31 August 2014) was a Namibian businessperson. Described as a business mogul, Mushimba was involved with the trading of diamonds. He was linked to Belgian American diamond merchant Maurice Tempe ...

, a businessman and SWAPO pro-independence figure. She married

on 6 May 1956. The couple had three sons and one daughter; Utoni Daniel (born 1952), John Ndeshipanda (1955–1993), Sakaria "Zacky" Nujoma (born 1957), and Nelago Nujoma (born 1959), who died at 18 months while her husband was in exile. Kovambo Nujoma became the inaugural

upon the country's establishment on March 21, 1990. She served as First Lady for three terms, until President Sam Nujoma retired from office on March 21, 2005.

Awards

Kovambo Nujoma was conferred the Most Brilliant Order of the Sun, First Class on

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in 2014.

References

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