Hamunyera Hambyuka

Hamunyera Hambyuka
The Honourable; Hamunyera Hambyuka; MP
Government Chief Whip of the National Assembly of Namibia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 March 2020
Preceded by	Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele
Member of the National Assembly of Namibia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 March 2015
Personal details
Born	Julius Hamunyera Hambyuka; 25 March 1966; Tondoro, South West Africa
Nationality	Namibian
Political party	SWAPO
Alma mater	Polytechnic of Namibia
Occupation	Member of Parliament
Profession	Politician

Julius Hamunyera Hambyuka (born 25 March 1966) is a Namibian politician who has served as a Member of the National Assembly of Namibia since March 2015. A member of the ruling SWAPO party, he was appointed the Government Chief Whip of the National Assembly in March 2020.

Background and education

Hambyuka was born on 25 March 1966 in Tondoro in the former South West Africa, now Namibia. He matriculated from Dr Romanus Kampungu Senior Secondary School and went on to study at the Polytechnic of Namibia where he obtained a diploma in business management and administration and a certificate in event management. Hambyuka started his career by working at the Katemo Agriculture Cooperative.[1]

Political career

Within SWAPO, he served as a regional administrator from 1998 to 2000, a deputy party director from 2001 to 2003, and the director of administration at the party's regional branch in Kavango West from 2004 until 2015. He was elected to Parliament in the 2014 general election and took office as an MP on 20 March 2015. He was largely a backbencher during his first term.[1]

In 2019, he placed high enough on the SWAPO candidate list for that year's general election to be able to get re-elected to a second term.[2] When the National Assembly convened in March 2020, Hambyuka was named SWAPO chief whip, therefore becoming the Government Chief Whip of the National Assembly.[3][4]

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References

"Hambyuka, Julius Hamunyera". Parliament of Namibia. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
"Swapo's 2019 electoral college outcome". The Namibian. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
"Members of the 7th National Assembly". New Alive. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
Tjitemisa, Kuzeeko (26 March 2020). "MPs standoff to be dealt with". New Alive. Retrieved 5 June 2020. Swapo’s new chief whip, Hamunyera Hambyuka could not comment despite promising to do so later.

External links

Chief Whips – Parliament of Namibia

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[ParlNam-1] "Hambyuka, Julius Hamunyera". Parliament of Namibia. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

[2] "Swapo's 2019 electoral college outcome". The Namibian. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

[3] "Members of the 7th National Assembly". New Alive. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

[4] Tjitemisa, Kuzeeko (26 March 2020). "MPs standoff to be dealt with". New Alive. Retrieved 5 June 2020. Swapo’s new chief whip, Hamunyera Hambyuka could not comment despite promising to do so later.