Esther Muinjangue
Esther Muinjangue | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services | |
| In office March 2020 – 21 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Juliet Kavetuna |
| President of National Unity Democratic Organisation | |
| Assumed office March 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Asser Mbai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 August 1962 |
| Party | NUDO |
| Alma mater | Academy of Tertiary Education (now University of Namibia) (BA Sci) University of Pretoria (Masters in Social Work) University of Stellenbosch (PhD) |
Esther Utjiua Muinjangue (born 17 August 1962) is a Namibian politician and the president of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO), a party that occupies two seats in the National Assembly of Namibia and one seat in the National Council of Namibia. In addition, she is the first woman to lead a political party in Namibia, and the country's first female presidential candidate.[1] She was appointed as the country's deputy minister of health and social services in March 2020 by Namibian President Hage Geingob.[2] Esther Muinjangue promised to give the leadership to the upcoming new leadership in the party this year (2025).[3]
Education
Muinjangue is a social worker by profession and obtained her BA qualification from the Academy of Tertiary Education (now the University of Namibia).[4]
She further obtained her Masters in Social Work at the University of Pretoria.
Esther was congratulated by her party people (NUDO) for obtaining her PhD.[5]
2019 Presidential election
In the 2019 Namibian general election, Muinjangue ran as a presidential candidate, but only won 1.5% of the popular vote. However, NUDO won two seats in Parliament, so, as the leader of her party, she will sit in the National Assembly.[6]
References
- ^ Iileka, Sakeus (4 March 2019). "Nudo elects female president". The Namibian. p. 3. Archived from the original on 4 March 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Dr. Esther Utjiua Muinjangue , Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services in Namibia participates in the III Africa Webinar – International Federation of Social Workers". www.ifsw.org. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ info_e12wt4cs (2024-10-06). "NUDO leaders to hand over power in May 2025 – News Stand". Retrieved 2025-03-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Namibia : Esther Muinjangue, the woman who drew worlwide [sic] attention to the genocide of Hereros and Namas :: AWE - En". africawomenexperts.com. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ Namibian, The. "Nudo congratulates Muinjangue on obtaining PhD". The Namibian. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ Iikela, Sakeus (2 December 2019). "Reduced victory ... Swapo, Geingob drop votes". The Namibian. p. 1.