Usutuaije Maamberua’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Namibian politician
Is

Politician
From

Namibia
Type

Politics
Gender male
Birth 5 August 1957, Tsumeb, Namibia
Age: 62 years
Star sign Leo
Politics South West Africa National Union
Education
University of the Witwatersrand
University of Southampton

Usutuaije Maamberua (born 5 August 1957) is a Namibian politician. He was the president of the South West Africa National Union (SWANU) until 2017. Maamberua has served in the National Assembly of Namibia since 2010.

Early life and education

Born in 1957 in Tsumeb, Maamberua earned three Master of Arts degrees (from the University of Namibia, Heriot-Watt University and the University of Southampton) and one Ph.D. (University of the Witwatersrand) in business and economics related fields.

Politics

An accountant by training, Maamberua worked as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance from 1997 to 2003. In that year, Maamberua was demoted to the Ministry of Prisons and Correctional Services. Shortly after receiving the demotion, Maamberua resigned to pursue other career opportunities. He became head of the accounting department at the University of Namibia in 2007.

Maamberua was elected to the National Assembly in the November 2009 general election. Meanwhile, as SWANU’s presidential candidate, Maamberua received 2,968 votes, which placed him eighth out of twelve candidates. He was re-elected to the National Assembly in the November 2014 parliamentary election; he was the only SWANU candidate to win a seat.

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