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

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n politician who served in the

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as deputy Minister of Marginalised People from 21 March 2015 to 21 March 2025. He was a member of

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as a

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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 ( Juǀʼhoan: Tjumǃkui) is a settlement in the Otjozondjupa Region of northeastern Namibia and the district capital of the Tsumkwe electoral constituency. It had about 500 inhabitants in 2012. People Tsumkwe is known as the capital of t ...

in the

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. Geogr ...

. 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

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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 Politicians from Otjozondjupa Region Members of the National Assembly (Namibia) San people SWAPO politicians {{Namibia-politician-stub Government ministers of Namibia 21st-century Namibian politicians