Royal Johan Kxao ǀUiǀoǀoo (born 30 September 1966) is a

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n politician who is serving in the

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as deputy Minister of Marginalised People since March 2015. He was a member of

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as a

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 ...

backbencher between 2000 and 2010, and after that a special advisor in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Early life and education

ǀUiǀoǀoo was born on 30 September 1966 in

Tsumkwe Tsumkwe (Juǀ'hoan dialect, Juǀ'Hoan: Tjumǃkui) is a settlement in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia and the district capital of the Tsumkwe Constituency, Tsumkwe electoral constituency. Nature and wildlife The area associated with Tsumkwe exh ...

in the Otjozondjupa Region. He grew up in

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. Between 1991 and 1997 he worked as a teacher at different schools. In 2000 he finished his matric at NamCOL and holds a certificate in Linguistic Studies in African Languages. he is enrolled at

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for a law degree. ǀUiǀoǀoo is an ethnic ǃKung from

Juǀʼhoan-speaking community, for which he is also a senior traditional officer. At the time he became a parliamentarian in 2000, he was the youngest ever SWAPO MP. He also was the first and only San to serve in Parliament.Graham Hopwood
Who's Who: ǀUiǀoǀoo, Royal
at Namibia Institute for Democracy, 2007

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1966 births Living people People from Otjozondjupa Region Members of the National Assembly (Namibia) San people SWAPO politicians {{Namibia-politician-stub