Peter Tsheehama

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Angura Peter Tshirumbu Tsheehama (born March 31, 1941 in Onangodhi , Omusati , South West Africa , today: Namibia ; † October 3, 2010 in Otjiwarongo , Otjozondjupa , Namibia) was a Namibian politician with the SWAPO .

Life

Tsheehama, who completed his school education in Namibia, joined the paramilitary organization People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) in the early 1970s and commanded its units in the Namibian liberation struggle against South Africa on the Caprivi Strip . In 1974 he was entrusted with setting up an office for the South-West Africa People's Organization ( SWAPO ) in Zaire , where he was responsible for taking in thousands of Namibian refugees who fled the then Portuguese overseas province of Angola after the collapse . He acted as SWAPO's chief representative in Central Africa before he was transferred to Cuba in 1986 as SWAPO's chief representative .

Tsheehama was elected for SWAPO in the election of November 7th and 11th, 1989 as a member of the Constituent Assembly of Namibia . After independence from South Africa , he was appointed Deputy Minister for State Security by President Sam Nujoma on March 21, 1990, and was also a member of parliament for the first time between 1990 and 1994 . He was then Special Adviser to the President for National Security before he became General Director of the Namibia Central Intelligence Service in 1999 . At the same time he became a member of parliament again in 2000 and was re-elected as such in 2004. In 2002 he was not re-elected as a member of the Central Committee (ZK) of SWAPO, to which he had belonged since 1983.

In the first cabinet of President Hifikepunye Pohamba Tsheehama was on 21 March 2005 the first security minister (Minister of Safety and Security) and was responsible for the police and prison administration. He remained in this position until he was replaced by Nickey Iyambo in 2008. On March 21, 2005, he took over the post of Defense Minister from Erkki Nghimtina in the first Pohamba cabinet , which he held until he was replaced by Charles Namoloh on April 6, 2005 .

After his death he was buried in the Heldenacker , the official war memorial of the Republic of Namibia ten kilometers outside the capital Windhoek .

Web links

  • Entry in the Guide to Namibian Politics - Who's Who
  • Entry in rulers.org

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Namibia: Key Ministries
  2. ↑ Namibia: March 21, 2005
personal data
SURNAME Tsheehama, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tsheehama, Angura Peter Tshirumbu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Namibian politician (SWAPO)
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Onangodhi , Omusati , South West Africa , today: Namibia
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 2010
Place of death Otjiwarongo , Otjozondjupa , Namibia