“gratified and humbled by the five-year mandate entrusted to me to continue the social-economic struggle for our country and its people”
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Hifikepunye Pohamba
Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba is a Namibian politician who served as the second president of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March 2015. He won the 2004 presidential election overwhelmingly as the candidate of SWAPO and was reelected in 2009. Pohamba was the president of SWAPO from 2007 until his retirement in 2015. He is a recipient of the Ibrahim Prize.
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politics · President of Namibia from 2005 to 2015 · politician · minister · also Hifikepunye Pohamba, Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba, Pohamba
Born 18 August 1935 · Q57469
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2015· 1 entry
Was awarded the 2014 Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership of $5 million by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership (2014).
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2011· 1 entry
Was awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy honoris causa by the University of Namibia
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2007· 1 entry
And then run for President of Namibia again in 2009, he denied these rumors in early October 2007, saying that he intended to step down as party leader in favor of Pohamba
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2005· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Republic of Namibia (2005–2015).
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1979· 1 entry
Became the party's chief of operations in Lusaka
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1971· 1 entry
SWAPO transferred Pohamba to Algeria; He became the movement's chief representative for northern Africa
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1966· 1 entry
With Sam Nujoma, claiming that SWAPO leaders were not banned from traveling
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1964· 1 entry
Pohamba again left Namibia
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1960· 1 entry
Pohamba was a founding member of the organization's new incarnation and left his job in the mine to work as a full-time organizer for the group
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1935· 1 entry
Born 1935-08-18.
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