Phillemon Ndjambula born (5 September 1960) is a Namibian former Member of the

National Council (Namibia) The National Council is the upper chamber of Namibia's bicameral Parliament. It reviews bills passed by the lower chamber and makes recommendations for legislation of regional concern to the lower chamber. The 42 National Council members are in ...

for

Oshikoto Region Oshikoto is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, named after Lake Otjikoto. Its capital is Omuthiya. The city of Tsumeb, Otjikoto's capital until 2008, and the towns of Omuthiya and Oniipa are also situated in this region. , Oshikoto had 112, ...

in 1998 to 2010, he was also the first Regional Councillor for the

Olukonda Constituency Olukonda Constituency is an Constituencies of Namibia, electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It had 9,094 inhabitants in 2004 and 7,495 registered voters . The district capital is the settlement of Olukonda. Politics Olukonda ...

in 1992. Ndjambula attended Primary education at Onezizi Combined School and later on completed grade 12 at

Andimba Toivo ya Toivo Senior Secondary School Andimba Toivo ya Toivo Senior Secondary School is a school in the Oshana Region of Namibia, in the suburb Oluno in Ondangwa town. It was established in the 1970s during South African occupation. The school's original name was ''Oluno Senior Seconda ...

formerly (Oluno Secondary School) in 1975. 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 ...

since 1975, Ndjambula received military trained at

Tobias Hainyeko Tobias Hainyeko (1932–1967) was a Namibian guerrilla fighter who served as the first commander of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) during the Namibian War of Independence from the 1960s through to the 1980s. Early life and career ...

Training Centre in

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around the year 1976. He was sent to study political science in the former Soviet Union (USSR) in 1981. He also completed a Diploma in Administration and Development Studies 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 Se� ...

in Zambia from 1983–1986. He also studied political science at John Scher Party School in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1986–1987) after independence in 1989 he was for a while the

Party Chief of Information and Mobilization Officer in

Ondangwa Ondangwa (earlier spelling ''Ondangua'') is a town in the Oshana Region of northern Namibia, bordering the Oshikoto Region. Ondangwa was first established as a mission station of the Finnish Missionary Society (the FMS) in 1890. In 1914, it became ...

Recognition

Phillemon Ndjambula was conferred the Excellent Order of the Eagle, fifth Class on

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2014.

References

1960 births Living people People from Oshikoto Region SWAPO politicians Ovambo people Members of the National Council (Namibia) {{Namibia-politician-stub