- Utoni Nujoma
Utoni Daniel Nujoma (born
9 September ,1952 inWindhoek [http://www.parliament.gov.na/ims/pub/biodatadetail.asp?e=66&i=495 Profile at Namibian Parliament website] .] ) is aNamibia n politician. He is the son of former presidentSam Nujoma and is currently Deputy Minister of Justice. He is also a member of the Central Committee and Politburo ofSWAPO . [cite web |url= http://www.informante.web.na:8080/informante/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1522&Itemid=44|title= Utoni Nujoma verbally assaults Editor|accessdate=2008-01-06]Education and early life
Early life
Nujoma was raised by his mother, as SWAPO leader and his father Sam left for exile when Utoni was eight years old. In May 1974, Nujoma and his two brothers left to join their father in exile in
Angola . [Hopwood, Graham. Guide to Namibian Politics, 2007 edition.Namibia Institute for Democracy ,Windhoek , 2007]Education
Nujoma earned law degrees from both the
University of Warwick inEngland (1991) andLund University inSweden in 1995.Politics
He was first elected to the Central Committee of SWAPO at the party's August 2002 congress, [Tangeni Amupadhi, [http://www.namibian.com.na/2002/august/news/027FFC7209.html "Few surprises in CC vote"] , "The Namibian", August 29, 2002.] receiving 316 votes and placing 22nd out of the 57 members elected. [ [http://www.namibian.com.na/2002/august/news/027EBA9751.html "The ruling party's new Central Committee"] , "The Namibian", August 27, 2002.] He has served as a member of the
National Assembly of Namibia and as Deputy Minister of Justice since March 2005. He received the second highest number of votes in the election for members of the Central Committee at SWAPO's November 2007 congress. [Christof Maletsky, [http://www.namibian.com.na/2007/December/national/07D12794AF.html "Swapo big names dropped"] , "The Namibian", December 3, 2007.]References
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