Royal /Ui/o/oo

Honourable
Royal /Ui/o/oo
Deputy Minister of Veteran Affairs and Marginalised People
Assumed office
21 March 2015
President Hage Geingob
Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila
Preceded by Nickey Iyambo

Royal Johan Kxao /Ui/o/oo (born 30 September 1966) is a Namibian politician who is serving in the Cabinet of Namibia as Deputy Minister of Veteran Affairs and Marginalised People since March 2015.[1] He was a member of Parliament as a SWAPO backbencher between 2000 and 2005, and after that a special advisor in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.[2]

/Ui/o/oo grew up in Botswana. He finished his matric at NamCOL and holds a certificate in Linguistic Studies in African Languages. As of 2016 he is enrolled at Unisa for a law degree.[3]

/Ui/o/oo is an ethnic San from Tsumkwe's Juǀ'hoan-speaking community, for which he is also a senior traditional officer. At the time he became a parliamentarian in 2000, he was the youngest ever SWAPO MP. He also was the first and only San to serve in Parliament.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Immanuel, Shinovene; Mongudhi, Tileni (20 March 2015). "Costly Democracy". The Namibian. p. 1–2.
  2. ↑ "Mushelenga to replace Iyambo in parliament". Namibian Sun. 21 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Know Your MPs. Royal Kxao /Ui/o/oo (Swapo)". New Era. 24 June 2016. p. 4.
  4. ↑ Graham Hopwood: Who's Who: /Ui/o/oo, Royal at Namibia Institute for Democracy, 2007


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