President Sam Nujoma

Samuel Daniel Shafiishuna Nujoma (born May 12, 1929) was the first President of Namibia. He was inaugurated in 1990 and was subsequently re-elected in 1994 and 1999, serving until 2005. Download high resolution version (481x640, 77 KB)President Sam Nujoma of Namibia Source: Marcello Casal Jr. ... Download high resolution version (481x640, 77 KB)President Sam Nujoma of Namibia Source: Marcello Casal Jr. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Nujoma was born in the north of the country, in Ongandjera, Ovambo. His mother, Mpingana Helvi Kondombolo, was still alive as of October 2005, and over 100 years old. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles...

President of SWAPO

In 1960 he became the first President of SWAPO (South West African People's Organization), having co-founded its forerunner, the Ovamboland People's Organization, in the late 1950s. At the time South Africa administered the land under a policy of apartheid, or division, in which the best resources were reserved for those classified white, while indigenous Namibians were treated as inferior and forbidden from active participation in their country. After years of asking the UN to ensure the ruling power South Africa released control of South West Africa, he authorized armed resistance in 1966. The South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO) is a political party in Namibia. ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

During the struggle, Nujoma took the combat name "Shafiishuna", meaning "lightning", as the name was in his family on his father's side. [1]

President of Namibia

As head of SWAPO, Nujoma was unanimously declared president upon the victory of SWAPO in a United Nations-supervised election in 1989, and was sworn in as president by UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar on March 21, 1990. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization that describes itself as a global association of governments facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity. ... The United Nations Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal divisions of the United Nations. ... Javier Pérez de Cuéllar de la Guerra (born January 19, 1920 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian diplomat and the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations, from January 1, 1982 to December 31, 1991. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ...

In 1996 Norway decided to stop drought relief to Namibia in response to purchase of new expensive presidential jet and two new VIP helicopters. The planes were bought just few weeks after Sam Nujoma had appealed to the international community for aid. [2] Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Aid is assistance, often financial, provided to developing countries by developed countries. ...

The constitution of Namibia was changed to allow Nujoma to run for a third five-year term in 1999. He won that election with 76.8% of the vote. The constitution did not allow Nujoma to run again in November 2004 for a fourth term, and there was no move to change it again; Hifikepunye Pohamba, described by some as Nujoma's "hand-picked successor", was the SWAPO candidate for president instead. Pohamba was elected with a large majority and was sworn in as president on March 21, 2005. Nujoma will remain head of the SWAPO party until 2007. [3] 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hifikepunye Pohamba Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born August 18, 1935) is the second and current President of Namibia. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Nujoma initiated a plan for land reform, in which land would be redistributed from whites (who, despite constituting only a small percentage of the population, own a disproportionately large amount of the nation's farmland) to blacks, although the land reform is being done on a more gradual and long-term basis than neighboring Zimbabwe's land reform. Nujoma has been vocal in his support for Zimbabwe and its president, Robert Mugabe, in the face of the criticism the Zimbabwean government has received from the West for its land reform program. Under Zimbabwe's land reform programs, white farmers' lands have been seized without compensation. Land reform (also agrarian reform although that can have a broader meaning) is the government-initiated or government-backed redistribution of — i. ... Robert Mugabe Robert Gabriel Mugabe KCB (born February 21, 1924) has been the head of government in Zimbabwe, first as Prime Minister and later as first executive President, since 1980 // Early life Mugabe was raised at Kutama Mission, Zvimba District, north-west of Harare (then called Salisbury), in then Southern...

See also

• History of Namibia