Pashukeni Shoombe (born 12 December 1936 in
Ohangwena Region) is a
Namibian politician and educator. Shoombe was a teacher in Ohangwena Region,
Ovamboland from 1958 to 1974, when she went into exile with the
South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). While in exile, Shoombe played a prominent role in the handling of her fellow exiles in
Angola, for which she received a
UNESCO Literacy Award in 1991. In 1980, she earned a diploma from the
United Nations Institute for Namibia
The United Nations Institute for Namibia (UNIN) was an educational body set up by the United Nations Council for Namibia from 1976 to 1990. Based in Zambia's capital of Lusaka, UNIN was the brainchild of United Nations Commissioner for Namibia ...
in
Zambia. In 1989, she was elected to the
Constituent Assembly of Namibia, which wrote the
Namibian Constitution. She was subsequently also elected to the
2nd National Assembly.
Shoombe was conferred the
Most Distinguished Order of Namibia: First Class on
Heroes' Day 2014.
References
1936 births
Living people
Members of the National Assembly (Namibia)
Namibian educators
People from Ohangwena Region
SWAPO politicians
20th-century Namibian women politicians
20th-century Namibian politicians
Women members of the National Assembly (Namibia)
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