Tangeni Iijambo Explained

Tangeni Iijambo (born 24 November 1954) is a Namibian politician and academic. He was president of the South West Africa National Union (SWANU) from 2017 to 2022, and SWANU member of parliament from 2018 to 2023.[1] [2]

Iiyambo ran as presidential candidate in the 2019 Namibian general election. He only gathered 0.7% of the popular vote and occupied the sole seat in parliament that SWANU won.[3] After Evilastus Kaaronda took over the SWANU presidency from him in 2022, the party decided that he should serve out his term in parliament.[4] However, in March 2023 SWANU withdrew Iijambo from parliament and installed Kaaronda.[5]

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  1. News: Discontent surfaces in Swanu . Kooper . Lugeretzia . . allafrica.com . 30 January 2019 . 5 . subscription.
  2. Web site: Tangeni, Cornelius Iijambo (Withdrawn) . . 1 December 2024 .
  3. News: Reduced victory ... Swapo, Geingob drop votes . . Iikela . Sakeus . 2 December 2019 . 1.
  4. News: Evalistus Kaaronda new SWANU of Namibia president . . 2022 .
  5. News: Iijambo ponders future after parliament . . 28 March 2023 .