Katuutire Kaura

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Katuutire Kaura (born February 3, 1941 in Ombujondjupa , South West Africa ) is a Namibian politician . From 1998 to 2013 he was chairman of the opposition party DTA of Namibia (formerly the Democratic Gymnasium Alliance ) and between 2000 and 2005 he was the official opposition leader in the Namibian National Assembly .

Kaura went into exile in the United States of America in the 1970s . He worked as a teacher at Nyack High School in New York until 1978 and at Rockland Community College until 1975 . At the same time, Kaura was studying at Long Island University and Columbia University .

Before he was promoted to party president of the DTA, he was vice president from 1989. Kaura assumed the presidency after his predecessor, Mishake Muyongo , was expelled from the party.

On September 7, 2013, Kaura surprisingly lost the election to chair the DTA against McHenry Venaani . Kauura was expelled from the party on February 3, 2014 for reputational damage and removed from his parliamentary seat, but reinstated on February 12, 2014.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Katuutire Kaura. AllAfrica.com, November 24, 2009. Retrieved November 18, 2014
  2. ↑ a b c Curriculum vitae of Katuutire Kaura , Parliament of Namibia, 2009  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ), accessed on January 3, 2014@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.parliament.gov.na
  3. ↑ Namibia: Opposition party reportedly suspends leader. , SAPA, August 25, 1998
  4. ↑ Namibia: Party leader says ex-opposition leader Muyongo should return, be tried. , NBC Radio, October 31, 1998
  5. ↑ February 3, 2014 Morning News. Hitradio Namibia, February 3, 2014 ( memento of August 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on February 3, 2014
  6. ↑ Kaura rehabilitated. Allgemeine Zeitung, February 13, 2014. Retrieved on February 14, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Kaura, Katuutire
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Namibian politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Ombujondjupa , South West Africa , today Namibia