Matheus Shikongo

Matheus Kristof Shikongo (born June 26, 1950 in Ondangwa ) is a Namibian SWAPO politician and was the ruling First Mayor of the city of Windhoek , the capital of Namibia , in 1993 and from 2000 to November 25, 2010 .

Life

Matheus Shikongo comes from Ondangwa in the Oshana region . He received his education from Ongwediva High School and a diploma in Personnel Management and Marketing. Shikongo initially worked in a local trading company before moving to Windhoek in 1987 and mainly working in Katutura .

Since 1993 he has been a member of the Windhoek City Council. In 1993 and from 2000 to 2010, Matheus Shikongo was the first mayor of Windhoek. He is already in his fourth term of office and is one of the longest serving mayors in Africa . Shikongo is also the first black African mayor of Windhoek. On July 6, 2000, he and Eberhard Diepgen (then ruling mayor of Berlin ) signed a town twinning between Berlin and Windhoek.

From 1998 to 2000 he was President of the Namibian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI).

Matheus Shikongo is Chairman of the Board of Namibia Marine Resources and a member of the boards of various companies u. a. of the national Namibian power supply company " Namibia Power Corporation " based in Windhoek as well as Kumwe Investment Holdings, Welwitschia Insurance Brokers, Santam Bank Windhoek and Metropolitan Life Namibia.

literature

• Victor Tonchi, William A. Lindeke, John J. Grotpeter: Historical Dictionary of Namibia . Scarecrow Press, 2012, p. 386

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry about Matheus Shikongo ( memento from June 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) in the personal database of the Namibia Institute for Democracy nid.org.na
2. ^ Farewell to Mayor Shikongo. Allgemeine Zeitung , November 26, 2010