Usutuaije Maamberua (born 5 August 1957) is a Namibian politician. He was the president of the
South West Africa National Union (SWANU) until 2017.
Maamberua has served in the
National Assembly of Namibia since 2010.
Early life and education
Born in 1957 in
Tsumeb, Maamberua earned three Master of Arts degrees (from the
University of Namibia,
Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University ( gd, Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and subsequently granted univ ...
and the
University of Southampton) and one Ph.D. (
University of the Witwatersrand) in business and economics related fields.
Politics
An accountant by training, Maamberua worked as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance from 1997 to 2003. In that year, Maamberua was demoted to the Ministry of Prisons and Correctional Services. Shortly after receiving the demotion, Maamberua resigned to pursue other career opportunities. He became head of the accounting department at the
University of Namibia in 2007.
Maamberua was elected to the
National Assembly in the
November 2009 general election. Meanwhile, as SWANU's presidential candidate, Maamberua received 2,968 votes, which placed him eighth out of twelve candidates. He was re-elected to the National Assembly in the
November 2014 parliamentary election; he was the only SWANU candidate to win a seat.
"So, who is going to parliament?"
''New Era'', 2 December 2014.
References
External links
Swanu Appeal For Socialism
Usutuaije Maamberua. ''The Namibian'', 12 December 2008
1957 births
Living people
People from Tsumeb
Namibian accountants
Members of the National Assembly (Namibia)
University of the Witwatersrand alumni
Alumni of the University of Southampton
Academic staff of the University of Namibia
SWANU politicians
Candidates for President of Namibia
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