Nahas Angula: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Nahas Angula

| image = Nahas Angula.jpg

| office = [[Ministry of Defence (Namibia)|Minister of Defence]]

| president = [[Hifikepunye Pohamba]]

| term_start = 4 December 2012

| term_end = 21 March 2015

| predecessor = [[Charles Namoloh]]

| successor = [[Penda Ya Ndakolo]]

| office1 = [[Prime_Minister_of_Namibia#List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Namibia|3rd]] [[Prime Minister of Namibia]]

| president1 = [[Hifikepunye Pohamba]]

|term_end1 term_start1 = 421 DecemberMarch 20122005

|successor1 predecessor1 = [[HageTheo-Ben GeingobGurirab]]

| office2 = [[Ministry of Higher Education (Namibia)|Minister of Higher Education]]

| president2 = [[Sam Nujoma]]

| term_start2 = 21 March 1995

| term_end2 = 21 March 2005

| predecessor2 = ''position established''

| successor2 = [[Nangolo''position Mbumba]]abolished''

|term_start3 term_end3 = 21 March 19901995

|party children = [[SWAPO]]2

|children blank1 = 2Religion

|blank1 caption = ReligionAngula in 2005

'''Nahas Gideon Angula''' (born 22 August 1943)<ref name=Pro>[http://www.parliament.gov.na/ims/pub/biodatadetail.asp?e=66&i=360 Profile on Namibian parliament website].{{dead link|date=July 2016}}</ref><ref name=KD>[{{Cite web | title=Biographies of Namibian Personalities | last=Dierks | first=Klaus | authorlink=Klaus Dierks | website=klausdierks.com | url=http://www.klausdierks.com/Biographies/Biographies_A.htm Biographies| ofaccessdate=10 NamibianApril Personalities], klausdierks.com.2022}}</ref>) is a [[Namibia]]n 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 [[Ministry of Defence (Namibia)|Minister of Defence]] from 2012 to 2015.

Angula is a member of the [[South West Africa People's Organization]] (SWAPO). He was [[Ministry of Education (Namibia)|Minister of Education, SportCulture, Youth and CultureSport]] from 1990 to 1995 and [[Ministry of Higher Education (Namibia)|Minister of Higher Education]] from 1995 to 2005.

Angula was born in Onyaanya, [[Oshikoto Region]]. He was in exile from [[Namibia]] from 1965 to 1989. During this time he worked for Radio [[Zambia]] from 1973 to 1976 and for the [[United Nations]] as a civil servant from 1976 to 1980 before becoming a [[SWAPO]] organizer in 1980. He was in charge of SWAPO voter registration in 1989.<ref name=Pro/> Immediately prior tobefore independence, Angula was a SWAPO member of the [[Constituent Assembly of Namibia]], which was in place from November 1989 to March 1990.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030820180107/http://www.parliament.gov.na/ims/pub/getindivs.asp?e=65&en=Constituent+Assembly+of+Namibia+November+1989+-+March+1990 List of members of the Constituent Assembly], parliament.gov.na.</ref>

Angula became a member of the [[National Assembly of Namibia|National Assembly]] in 1990. He was [[Ministry of Education (Namibia)|Minister of Education, SportCulture, Youth and CultureSport]] from 1990 to 1995 and [[Ministry of Higher Education (Namibia)|Minister of Higher Education]] from 1995<ref name=Pro/><ref name=KD/> to 2005.

Angula received the highest number of votes, 395 (tied with [[Jerry Ekandjo]]), in the election to the Central Committee of [[SWAPO]] at the party's August 2002 congress.<ref>[http://www.namibian.com.na/2002/august/news/027EBA9751.html "The ruling party's new Central Committee"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030309015526/http://www.namibian.com.na/2002/august/news/027EBA9751.html |date=2003-03-09 }}, ''The Namibian'', August 27, 2002.</ref> He was one of three candidates who sought SWAPO's nomination as its presidential candidate in May 2004.<ref>[http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1085747221492B255 "Meet the men who are vying for Nujoma's job"], Reuters, May 28, 2004.</ref> He placed third in the first round, receiving 137 votes, while [[Hifikepunye Pohamba]] received 213 and [[Hidipo Hamutenya]] received 166, and he was therefore excluded from the second round. Those who supported Angula backed Pohamba almost without exception in the second round of voting, and Pohamba was victorious.<ref>Petros Kuteeue, [http://www.namibian.com.na/2004/June/national/044570A872.html "Pohamba the winner"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616235005/http://www.namibian.com.na/2004/June/national/044570A872.html |date=2004-06-16 }}, ''The Namibian'', May 31, 2004.</ref>

On March 21, 2005, when Pohamba was sworn in as President[[president of Namibia]], he announced that he was appointing Angula as [[Prime Minister of Namibia]].<ref name=New>[http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1111473543130B255 "Namibia's new president takes office"], AFP, March 22, 2005.</ref>

After [[Hage Geingob]] was re-elected as SWAPO Vicevice-Presidentpresident on 2 December 2012, and thus confirmed as SWAPO's 2014 presidential candidate, President Pohamba appointed Geingob to replace Angula as Primeprime Ministerminister on 4 December 2012. Angula was instead appointed as[[Ministry of Defence (Namibia)|Minister of Defence]].<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/04/namibia-president-idUSL5E8N478G20121204 "Namibia leader taps trade minister as likely successor"], Reuters, 4 December 2012.</ref><ref>Selma Shipanga and Shinovene Immanuel, [http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2012/december/article/transition-team-picked/ "Transition team picked"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206222431/http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2012/december/article/transition-team-picked/ |date=2012-12-06 }}, ''The Namibian'', 5 December 2012.</ref>

Angula received a master's degree in education from [[Columbia University]] in 1978. He never completed his Ph.D. at the [[Teachers College, Columbia University|Teachers College]] as SWAPO instructed him to return to Namibia to become the Minister of Education.<ref>{{Cite web |urldate=http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,109045.html2009-06-09 |title=Trinidad and TobagoNamibia's NewsdayGreat :Educator newsday.co.tt|last=Xidemia|first=Agile Telecom Ltd. and|websiteurl=https://www.newsdaytc.cocolumbia.ttedu/articles/2009/july/namibias-great-educator/ |access-date=20172024-0910-0830 |website=Teachers College - Columbia University |language=en}}</ref> He is a member of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia|Lutheran church]], as has been his family for generations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FMOA%2FMOA42_04%2FS0022278X04000552a.pdf&code=db46a1072b5ed5c5e051a6bcc1b17fc3 |title=ArchivedAfrican leader links uranium riches with responsibility for copypeace |accessdate publisher=2007-11-30[[World Council of Churches]] | url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://webwww.archiveoikoumene.org/web/20110524122800news/http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FMOA%2FMOA42_04%2FS0022278X04000552a.pdf&code=db46a1072b5ed5c5e051a6bcc1b17fc3african-leader-links-uranium-riches-with-responsibility-for-peace |archivedate date=2011-05-2423 April 2009}}</ref> as has been his family for generations.

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