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* *[http://www.nid.org.na/view_book_entry.php?book_id=138/ ''Ngurare |NID Namibia Institute of Democracy''] |
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*http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/message/120533 |
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Revision as of 22:40, 3 November 2012
Elijah Ngurare | |
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| Secretary General of the SWAPO Youth League | |
| Assumed office 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Paulus Kapia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elijah Tjitunga Ngurare October 28, 1970 Nkurenkuru |
| Nationality | Namibiann |
| Political party | SWAPO |
Tjitunga Elijah Ngurare is a Namibian politician and currently the secretary general of the SWAPO Party Youth League since 2007, he was re-elected in 2012 for a second term in office [1].
Education
He studied at Kolin Foundation Secondary School[2] in Namibia and he is Magna Cum Laude graduate from the Central State University, Ohio (USA ) with a Bachelor of Science degree, and a Master of Laws from the University of Dundee, Scotland. He held a Presidential Honours Scholarship at undergraduate level and a British Chevening Scholarship in respect of his Masters degree. He has completed a thesis entitled “Establishing Environmental Law in Developing Economies on the basis of Selected Principles of International Environmental Law: The Southern African Development Community Case Study” under the supervision of Dr Owen McIntyre. He has presented papers at a number of national and international conferences and during his studies he traveled extensively throughout Southern Africa, China and India. Ngurare successfully completed his thesis in April 2009 and has been conferred with his PhD on 18 June 2009.
Political Career
Ngurare political activeness began in 1983 at Nkurenkuru High School.Ngurare rose to political prominence as a spokesperson of the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) under Paulus Kapia in 2002 before becoming its secretary general in 2007, and subsequently re-elected in 2012 for a second. He is currently serving as board of directors on the boards of ; Namdeb Holdings (Pty) Ltd, Namdeb Diamond Corporation (Pty) Ltd, Africa Online (Pty) Ltd, MultiChoice Namibia, Kalahari Holdings (Pty) Ltd and Namibia Water Corporation Ltd [3].
Personal Life
He was born in a peasant family at Nkurenkuru [4] (located on the border between Namibia and Angola) during the heat of the liberation struggle in the face of African resistance led by SWAPO against Apartheid tyranny. His father had four wives and his mother was the youngest in the union. As a little boy, he looked after my father’s cattle and goats just like all other boys at the time. Ngurare is the first born to his mother’s 9 children.
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