Nickey Iyambo

Nickey Iyambo
Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2005
Personal details
Born	20 May 1936 (1936-05-20) (age 75) South West Africa
Nationality	Namibian
Political party	SWAPO
Residence	Windhoek, Namibia
Alma mater	University of Helsinki, (Finland)

Nickey Iyambo (born 20 May 1936) is a Namibian politician and physician. A member of SWAPO, Iyambo has been a member of the Cabinet of Namibia since independence in March 1990. He has been the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry since 2005.^[1]

Early life and education

Iyambo was born in Onayena, Oshikoto Region. He earned four separate degrees from University of Helsinki in Finland, beginning with a MSc in 1969. In 1970, he earned a MA in political science, a BA in medicine in 1974 and Ph.D. in medicine in 1980.

Career

Iyambo was Namibia's first Black postmaster from 1962 to 1963 but fled into exile with SWAPO in 1964. He was amongst the earliest SWAPO members to go into exile and helped establish SWAPO's close relationship with Julius Nyerere's Tanzania.

References

1. ^ Nickey Iyambo at Namibia Institute for Democracy

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Name	Iyambo, Nickey
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Date of birth	20 May 1936
Place of birth	South West Africa
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