Minister of Veterans Affairs

SWAPO Party
Legislative Profile Minister of Veterans Affairs (2006 – 2010); Minister without portfolio (2003 – 2006); Minister of Justice (1990 – 2003); Member of the National Assembly (1990 – 2010); Member of Constituent Assembly (1989 – 1990).
Personal Born 12 July 1943, Windhoek, Khomas Region. Resides in Windhoek, Khomas Region.
Education Certificates, Leningrad University, USSR (1965); LL.M., Kiev State University, USSR (1969); Ph.D., Kiev State University, USSR (1973); International Institute for Labour Studies, Switzerland (1974); International Institute of Human Rights, France (1975).
Career Principal Legal Advisor, SWAPO, since 1970. Law Lecturer, UN Institute for Namibia (UNIN), Zambia (1977- 1982); Head of Legal Services, SWAPO Directorate of Elections (1989); Founding Member, African Association of International Law; SWAPO Secretary-General (2002 – 2006).

 
Interests Human rights