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Key facts
- President
- Hifikepunye Pohamba
- Preceded by
- Charles Namoloh
- Succeeded by
- Penda Ya Ndakolo
- Deputy
- Libertina Amathila , Marco Hausiku
- Born
- ( 1943-08-22 ) 22 August 1943 (age 82) , Onyaanya Constituency , South-West Africa (now Namibia )
- Party
- SWAPO
- Spouse
- Katrina Tangeni Namalenga
- Alma mater
- University of Zambia , Columbia University , University of Manchester
- Religion
- Lutheranism
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Namibia
- Occupation
- minister
- Political party
- SWAPO Party
- Image
- Nahas Angula.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Nahas Angula
- date of birth
- 1943-01-01
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- Nahas Angula
- name in native language
- Nahas Angula
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Encyclopedic overview
Nahas Gideon Angula (born 22 August 1943) is a Namibian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 4 December 2012. He was succeeded by Hage Geingob in a cabinet reshuffle after the 2012 SWAPO Party congress. He subsequently served as Minister of Defence from 2012 to 2015.
Angula is a member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). He was Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport from 1990 to 1995 and Minister of Higher Education from 1995 to 2005.
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