Theofelus Eiseb (12 March 1956 – 27 November 2009) was a

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

n politician and school teacher. Eiseb was an inaugural member of the

National Council of 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 ...

until his appointment as governor of his native

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. Geog ...

in 2003. He was removed as regional governor in 2009 as a result of poor health. In 2007, he was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission for allegedly enriching himself with state funds. He stayed on as governor despite the allegations and was removed shortly before his death due to ill-health. The corruption charges were cited as factors in his death.

Career and early life

Eiseb was born in 1956 in

Okahandja Okahandja is a city of 24,100 inhabitants in Otjozondjupa Region, central Namibia, and the district capital of the Okahandja electoral constituency. It is known as the ''Garden Town of Namibia''. It is located 70 km north of Windhoek on the ...

in the central

South West Africa South West Africa ( af, Suidwes-Afrika; german: Südwestafrika; nl, Zuidwest-Afrika) was a territory under South African administration from 1915 to 1990, after which it became modern-day Namibia. It bordered Angola (Portuguese colony before 1 ...

. He studied at Cornelius Goreseb High School in

Khorixas Khorixas is a town of 6,000 inhabitants in southern Kunene Region, Namibia. It was the capital of the Damaraland bantustan before Namibia's independence. It is the administrative capital of Khorixas Constituency. Most of the inhabitants are from ...

and Martin Luther High School in Okambahe from 1973 to 1977. In February 2010, it was discovered that Eiseb was still on the voters' roll in Okahandhja, despite having died four months previous.Eiseb on list of dead on Okahandja roll
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'', 8 February 2010

References

1956 births 2009 deaths SWAPO politicians Members of the National Council (Namibia) People from Okahandja {{Namibia-politician-stub