Hidipo Hamutenya

Hidipo Hamutenya
President of the Rally for Democracy and Progress
In office
17 November 2007 – 28 February 2015
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byJeremia Nambinga
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
27 August 2002 – 24 May 2004
PresidentSam Nujoma
Preceded byTheo-Ben Gurirab
Succeeded byMarco Hausiku
Minister of Trade and Industry
In office
15 April 1993 – 27 August 2002
PresidentSam Nujoma
Preceded byBen Amathila
Succeeded byImmanuel Ngatjizeko
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office
21 March 1990 – 15 April 1993
PresidentSam Nujoma
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byBen Amathila
Personal details
Born(1939-06-17)17 June 1939
Odibo, Ohangwena Region, South West Africa
Died6 October 2016(2016-10-06) (aged 77)
Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia
Political partySWAPO, RDP
ChildrenKela Hamutenya, Erkki Hamutenya
Alma materSofia University
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania
Syracuse University
McGill University

Hidipo Livius Hamutenya (17 June 1939 – 6 October 2016) was a Namibian politician. Veteran politician Hidipo Hamutenya died at 77 after a short illness.[1] A long-time leading member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), Hamutenya was a member of the Cabinet of Namibia from independence in 1990 to 2004, serving in several important ministerial portfolios. He was defeated in a bid for the party's presidential nomination in 2004 and left SWAPO to form an opposition group, the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), in 2007. He was elected to the National Assembly of Namibia with RDP in the 2009 general election. He was forced to step down as RDP president on 28 February 2015 and rejoined SWAPO on 28 August 2015.

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