Minister: Labour, Industrial Relations & Employment Creation

Address: Private Bag 13323, Windhoek

SWAPO Party
Legislative Profile Deputy Minister of Justice 2004 – 2010; Minister of Foreign Affairs 2010 -2012; Minister of Justice since 2012
Personal Born on 08 September 1952 in Windhoek, Khomas Region
Education LLB Degree University of Warwick (UNITED KINGDOM) 1991; (LLM) Degree Public International Law: Lund University, Sweden 1994-1995; Registered for a Mechanical Engineering Course, Augustinium College , Windhoek 1972-1973; Completed Military Training at the former Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR Crimia Simviropel 1974-1975; Diploma in Political Science, Escuella Superior del Partido, Havana, Cuba 1786 – 1987; Completed Higher Educational Foundation Programme (Pre-University Course), Henley College, Coventry, United Kingdom 1987-1988; Completed Std 8, Augustinium College, Windhoek 1970; Registered for Std 9, Augustinium College, Windhoek. Unable to complete Standard 10, expelled because of political reasons 1971;
PUBLICATIONS:
Foreign Investment in Namibia; Comparative family law in Namibia and the United Kingdom; Housing law in Namibia; UN operations in Namibia (from a legal perspective)
Career Join SWAPO 1973; Exile 1974; Deputy Secretary General for PAN African Youth Movement in Algries, Algeria 1982-1987; Worked as an Article Clerk, Karuaihe and Conradie Attorneys, Windhoek 1991-1992; Managing Director, PRONAM, Windhoek 1992; Deputy Permanent Secretary Ministry of Justice 1992-1996; Chairperson of the Law Reform and Development Commission and Chairperson of Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee on Human Rights & International Humanitarian Law 1997-2003; Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Namibia Institute of Pathology 2000-2003; Member of Board of Directors of INSCON Insurance Company of Namibia 2000-2003; Diploma in International Board and Directors Business Management, Gothenburg-Sweden 2003 – 2004;
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