Rapama Kamehozu (circa 1949 – 23 March 2013) was a

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n politician, teacher, and a member of the

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 ...

political party. Kamehozu served as the governor of

Otjozondjupa Region Otjozondjupa is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Otjiwarongo. The region further contains the municipalities of Okahandja and Grootfontein and the towns Okakarara and Otavi. , Otjozondjupa had 97,945 registered voters. Ge ...

from 2011 to 2012 and as governor of

Omaheke Region Omaheke ( hz, Sandveld) is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, the least populous region. Its capital is Gobabis. It lies in eastern Namibia on the border with Botswana and is the western extension of the Kalahari desert. The self-governed vil ...

from December 2012 until his death on 23 March 2013. Kamehozu began his career as a teacher. He served as mayor of

Grootfontein , nickname = , settlement_type = City , motto = Fons Vitæ , image_skyline = Grootfontein grass.jpg , imagesize = 300px , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_si ...

and held a series of internal posts within the governing SWAPO political party. In 2011, Kamehozu was appointed the governor of

by Namibian President

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 ...

. He served as Otjozondjupa governor until December 2012. President Pohamba appointed Kamehozu as the governor of

in December 2012. He succeeded outgoing Omaheke governor

Laura McLeod-Katjirua Laura Veendapi McLeod-Katjirua is a Namibian politician who has been Governor of the Khomas Region since 2012 and Deputy Secretary General of SWAPO since 2012. Previously she was Governor of Omaheke Region from 2001 to 2012. She was transferred ...

. Kamehozu served as governor of Omaheke from December 2012 until his death in office on 23 March 2013. Kamehozu died in office from cancer on 23 March 2013, at the Roman Catholic Hospital in

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, Namibia, at the age of 63. He was survived by his wife, Evelyn Kamehozu, and five children. Kamehozu was the second sitting Namibian regional governor to die in office in less than one month;

Kavango Region Kavango (before 1998: Okavango) was one of the thirteen regions of Namibia until it was split into the Kavango East and Kavango West Regions in 2013. Its capital was Rundu. In the north, Kavango bordered the Cuando Cubango Province of Angola, and ...

governor

Maurus Nekaro Maurus Nekaro (August 25, 1955 – March 4, 2013) was a Namibian politician and member of the SWAPO political party. Nekaro served as the Governor of Kavango ;)Region, one of Namibia's thirteen regions, from December 2010 until his death on March ...

also died in office on 4 March 2013. Kamehozu was succeeded by Reverend Samuel Mbambo who was appointed in April 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamehozu, Rampama 2013 deaths Governors of Omaheke Region Governors of Otjozondjupa Region Namibian educators SWAPO politicians People from Grootfontein Year of birth uncertain 1948 births