Member of Parliament – National Assembly

Address: Private Bag 13323, Windhoek

SWAPO Party
Legislative Profile SWAPO party’s Secretary for Information and Publicity 1992 to 2002.Deputy Minister 1997 to 2005 (at first at the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources and from 2003 at the Ministry of Justice). Minister of Labour and Social Welfare 2005 – 2008. Minister of Lands and Resettlement since 2008. Joined SWAPO in 1975 and came up through the party structures in the Erongo Region before independence.He was Chairperson of the SWAPO branch at Arandis for three years and was then responsible for Information and Publicity in the western region. SWAPO internal Secretary for Economic Affairs in the late 1980s. Joined SWAPO Central Committee in 1991. Minister of Works and Transport until 2018; Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (2018 – 2020).
Personal Born on 20 March 1954 at Usakos, Erongo Region
Education Martin Luther High School, Okombahe (1970-1975)
Career Minister of Lands and Resettlement since 2008. Minister of Labour and Social Welfare (2005-2008). Deputy Minister of Justice (2003-2005). Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources (1997-2003). Member of the National Assembly since 1995. SWAPO Secretary for Information and Publicity (1992-2002). Head of SWAPO’s Mass Organisations Coordination Department (1990-1991). Personnel and Industrial Relations Officer, Rössing Uranium (1980-1990). Maintenance Planner, Rössing Uranium (1976-1980)
Interests Law reform, the plight of the disadvantaged in society (especially children and women), and combating the abuse of alcohol and drugs.