Below is a list of members of the Constituent Assembly of
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
, which became the
National Assembly of Namibia
The National Assembly is the lower chamber of Namibia's bicameral Parliament. Its laws must be approved by the National Council, the upper house. Since 2014, it has a total of 104 members. 96 members are directly elected through a system of clos ...
upon independence in March 1990. Individual members were selected by political parties voted for in the
1989 election, the first democratic, multi-racial and universal franchise elections in Namibian history.
The seat distribution per party was as follows:
*
South West Africa People's Organization
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 ...
(SWAPO): 41
*
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), formerly the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), is an amalgamation of political parties in Namibia, registered as one singular party for representation purposes. In coalition with the United Democratic ...
(DTA): 21
*
United Democratic Front (UDF): 4
*
Action Christian National (ACN): 3
*
Namibia National Front
The Namibia National Front (NNF) was an alliance of nationalist but moderate parties in Namibia. It was formed in 1977 as a merger of the Namibia National Convention (which had been marginalized after SWAPO's departure from it) and the Namibia Na ...
(NNF): 1
*
Namibia Patriotic Front (NPF): 1
*
Federal Convention of Namibia
The Federal Convention of Namibia (FCN) was a political party based in Rehoboth, Namibia. It was created in the wake of Namibian independence in 1988 by a merger of several smaller parties and gained a seat in the Namibian Constituent Assembly. ...
(FCN): 1
Members
The following people were elected to the Constituent Assembly:
''Constituent Assembly: 1 November 1989 - 20 March 1990.'' Parliament of Namibia.
/ref>
SWAPO
# Matti Amadhila
# Solomon Amadhila
# Ben Amathila
Ben Amathila (born 1 October 1938 in Walvis Bay) is a retired Namibian politician. Amathila served in the government of Namibia with SWAPO from independence in 1990 until his retirement in April 2007.
From 1990 to 1993 he served as Minister of ...
# Libertina Amathila
Libertina Inaviposa Amathila (née Appolus, born 10 December 1940) is a Namibian physician and politician. She was the deputy Prime Minister of Namibia from 2005 to 2010.
Early life
Amathila was born in Fransfontein, Kunene Region. Under the SWAP ...
#
# Helmut Ausiku Helmut is a German name. Variants include Hellmut, Helmuth, and Hellmuth.
From old German, the first element deriving from either ''heil'' ("healthy") or ''hiltja'' ("battle"), and the second from ''muot'' ("spirit, mind, mood").
Helmut may refer ...
# Niko Bessinger (1948–2008)
# Willem Biwa
# Daniel Botha
# Jerry Ekandjo
Jerry Lukiiko Ekandjo (born 17 March 1947) is a Namibian politician, former anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner. He is one of the founding members of the SWAPO Youth League and has been one of the most active internal leading members ...
# Moses ǁGaroëb
Moses Mague ǁGaroëb (14 April 1942, in Arixas near Mariental – 19 September 1997, in Windhoek) was a Namibian politician, founding member of SWAPO, and member of SWAPO's Politburo and Central Committee. During his political career, ǁGaroë ...
(1942–1997)
# Hage Geingob
Hage Gottfried Geingob (born 3 August 1941) is a Namibian politician, serving as the third president of Namibia since 21 March 2015. Geingob was the first Prime Minister of Namibia from 1990 to 2002, and served as prime minister again from 201 ...
– Third President of Namibia
# Theo-Ben Gurirab
Theo-Ben Gurirab (23 January 1938 – 14 July 2018) was a Namibian politician who served in various senior government positions. He served as the second Prime Minister of Namibia from 28 August 2002 to 20 March 2005, following the demotion and ...
(1938–2018)
# Hidipo Hamutenya
Hidipo Livius Hamutenya (17 June 1939 – 6 October 2016) was a Namibian politician. A long time leading member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), Hamutenya was a member of the Cabinet of Namibia from independence in 1990 to ...
(1939–2016)
# Marco Hausiku
Marco Mukoso Hausiku (25 November 1953 – 26 August 2021) was a Namibian politician who was deputy Prime Minister of Namibia from 2010 to 2015. Previously he served as List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Namibia, Minister of Foreign Affairs ...
# Hadino Hishongwa
Hadino Hishongwa (born 10 April 1943 at Odibo) is a Namibian former politician. A founding member of SWAPO, Hishongwa was SWAPO's chief representative to Scandinavia, West Germany and Austria from 1977-83 during the Namibian War of Independence.
...
# Joshua Hoebeb
Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ...
# Michaela Hübschle
Michaela Hübschle (born 21 September 1950 as Michaela Kuntze in Otjiwarongo) is a Namibian politician and former Deputy Minister for Prisons and Correctional Services.
Education and profession
After attending school in her hometown, Hübschle s ...
# Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana
Pendukeni "Penny" Iivula-Ithana (born 11 October 1952) is a Namibian politician who served as the secretary general of SWAPO, Namibia's ruling party, from 2007 to 2012. She was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Namibia in 1989 and has been ...
# Nickey Iyambo
Nickey Iyambo (20 May 1936 – 19 May 2019) was a Namibian politician and physician who served as the first Vice President of Namibia.
A member of SWAPO, Iyambo was a member of the Cabinet of Namibia since independence in March 1990. He was the ...
(1936–2019)
# Richard Kapelwa Kabajani (1943–2007)
# Zephania Kameeta
# Peter Katjavivi
Peter Hitjitevi Katjavivi (born 12 May 1941) is a Namibian politician who is the Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia since March 2015 and the chancellor of the Namibia University of Science and Technology from 1992 to 2003. Previously he ...
# Willem Konjore
Reverend Willem Konjore (30 July 1945—10 June 2021) was a Namibian politician. He was a member and a deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia, and served in cabinet from 2005 to 2010.
Early life and education
Konjore was born on 30 ...
# Nathaniel Maxuilili
Nathaniel Maxuilili (10 October 1927 – 23 June 1999) was a Namibian politician, a member of SWAPO, and veteran of the struggle for the independence of the former South West Africa, he fought alongside today's Namibian prominent political figures ...
(1927–1999)
# Kaire Mbuende
# Nangolo Mbumba
# David Meroro
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
# Peter Mweshihange
Peter Mweshihange (5 May 1930 – 20 March 1998) was a Namibian revolutionary and guerrilla leader, and after Namibian independence, a politician and diplomat. He was the Namibia's first Minister of Defence from 1990 to 1995, and first ambassa ...
(1930–1998)
# Kapuka Nauyala
# 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 ...
– First President of Namibia
# John Ya Otto (1938–1994)
# 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 ...
– Second President of Namibia
# Hartmut Ruppel
# Pashukeni Shoombe
# Ngarikutuke Tjiriange
Ngarikutuke Ernest Tjiriange (12 July 1943 – 23 June 2021) was a Namibian politician, a member of the National Assembly and former secretary-general of the ruling SWAPO Party. He also served in the Namibian cabinet from 1990 to 2010, first as M ...
# Mose Penaani Tjitendero Mose Penaani Tjitendero (25 December 1943 – 26 April 2006) was a Namibian politician and educator. He was Namibia's first Speaker of the National Assembly from independence on March 21, 1990, until his retirement in 2004.
Early life and exile ...
(1943–2006) – Speaker
# Andimba Toivo ya Toivo
Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo (22 August 1924 – 9 June 2017) was a Namibian anti-apartheid activist, politician and political prisoner. Ya Toivo was active in the pre-independence movement, and is one of the co-founders of the South West Afri ...
(1924–2017)
# Peter Tsheehama (1941–2010)
# Ben Ulenga
Benjamin Ulenga (born Benjamin Uulenga Uulenga on June 22, 1952
# Buddy Wentworth (1937–2014)
# Anton von Wietersheim
Anton von Wietersheim (born 10 June 1951) is a Namibian politician. Wietersheim was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Namibia from 1989 to 1990 and was elected to the National Assembly as a SWAPO
The South West Africa People's Organisa ...
# Hendrik Witbooi (1934–2009)
# Siegfried Wohler
DTA
# Ben Africa
Ben Africa (born 13 October 1938) is a Namibian politician, medical doctor, and former Baster captain.
Africa is most notable for serving as the fourth Captain of the Baster and his tenure as vice-president of the Democratic Turnhalle Allianc ...
# Leonard Barnes
Leonard John Barnes MC and Bar (1895–1977) was a British anti-colonialist writer, journalist and educationalist.His archive papers are held bSOAS Special Collections/ref>
Life
Leonard Barnes was born in London on 21 July 1895. Educated at St ...
# Magareth Barnes
# Gabriel Dan
# Johannes J ǀGaseb
# Allois Gende
# Joseph Haraseb
# Jeremia Jagger
# Petrus Junius
# Geelboy Kashe
# Katuutire Kaura
# Constance Kgosiemang Constance Letang Kgosiemang (5 April 1946 – 16 August 2012) was the paramount chief of the Tswana people in Namibia, a parliamentarian, and the leader of the Seoposengwe Party until its merger into the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA).
...
(1940–2012)
# Fanuel Kozonguizi (1932–1995)
# Daniel Luipert
# A. Majavero
# Andrew Matjila
# Dirk Mudge
Dirk Frederik Mudge (16 January 192826 August 2020) was a Namibian politician. He served in several high-ranking positions in the South African administration of South West Africa, was the chairman of the 1975–1977 Turnhalle Constitutional Con ...
# Mishake Muyongo
Albert Mishake Muyongo (born 28 April 1944) is a Namibian politician and former Member of Parliament who is living in exile in Denmark.
Muyongo was born into Mafwe Royal House in Linyanti, South West Africa. He received education at the Roman ...
# A. Nuule
# Hans-Erik Staby (1935–2009)
# C. van Wyk
UDF
#
# Reggie Diergaardt
Reggie Diergaardt (born September 9, 1957 in Upington, Northern Cape) is a Namibian politician and member of the National Assembly of Namibia.
Prior to Namibian independence in 1990, Diergaardt was the leader of the South West African Labour Par ...
# Eric Biwa
Eric Biwa (born 8 May 1953 in Vaalgras, ǁKaras Region) is a former Namibian politician with the Patriotic Unity Movement (PUM), a party which was a member of the United Democratic Front (UDF).
Pre-independence
A former combatant in the Namibi ...
# Theophelus Soroseb
ACN
# Kosie Pretorius
Jacobus Willem Francois Pretorius, commonly known as Kosie Pretorius (5 September 1935[Jan de Wet
Johannes Marthinus (Jan, Jannie) de Wet (10 November 1927 – 13 February 2011) was a Namibian politician and farmer.
Politics
De Wet entered politics as a member of the South African Parliament from 1964 to 1970. He then became the Commissioner ...]
(1927–2012)
# Walter Aston
NNF
# Vekuii Rukoro
Vekuii Reinhard Rukoro (11 November 1954 – 18 June 2021) was a Namibian lawyer, businessman, and Paramount Chief of the Herero people. He also served in Namibia's Parliament from 1989 to 2000 and, in Cabinet, as Attorney General of Namibia fro ...
NPF
# Moses Katjioungua (1942–2011)
FCN
# Johannes Diergaardt (1927–1998); resigned shortly after being elected and was replaced by Mburumba Kerina
References
{{Reflist
History of Namibia
*Constituent Assembly members