Silvia Gonaone Makgone (born September 6, 1963, in

Aminuis Aminuis is a cluster of small settlements in the remote eastern part of the Omaheke Region of Namibia, located about 500 km east of Windhoek. It is the district capital of the Aminuis electoral constituency. Economy and Infrastructure Ami ...

) is a Namibian

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and teacher who is the incumbent deputy minister of urban and rural development.

Early life and education

Makgone holds five tertiary education degrees in education and human resources, among them a bachelor's of arts and a bachelor of education. She worked as teacher at Mokganedi Tlhabanello Senior Secondary School in Drimiopsis in the

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 1987 and was promoted to principal of Mokaleng RC Combined School in 1996. She also served as principal of other schools.

Career

In 2010, Makgone became a

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on a

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ticket. In February 2013, after the death of

Abraham Iyambo Abraham Iyambo (2 February 1961 – 2 February 2013) was a Namibian politician. Iyambo was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1995, serving as Ministry of Fisheries (Namibia), Minister of the Fisheries from 1997 to 2010 and as Mi ...

, she was appointed deputy minister of education. Makgone replaced David Namwandi who was promoted to minister.

References

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