Moses Katjikuru Katjiuongua (24 April 1942–8 March 2011) was a Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

n politician, minister in the Transitional Government of National Unity, member of the Constituent Assembly of Namibia, and member of the National Assembly of Namibia

National Assembly of Namibia

The National Assembly of Namibia is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament. It has a total of 78 members. 72 members are directly elected through a system of party-list proportional representation and serve five-year terms. Six additional members are appointed by the President.The...

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Early life, education, and exile

Katjiuongua attended primary school in Aminuis

Aminuis

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, and from 1956 to 1959 the Swedish Confederation of Labour college in Bechuanaland (now Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

). His political activities continued concurrently with his studies. After graduation he went into exile to work in the South West African National Union

South West African National Union

The South West Africa National Union is the oldest political party in Namibia, formed in 1959. The most of its members came from the Herero people, while fellow independence movement SWAPO was mostly an Ovambo party. The party's President is Usutuaije Maamberua.The first President of SWANU was...

 (SWANU) office in Cairo

Cairo

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, Egypt

Egypt

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. From 1961 to 1962 he studied journalism in Magdeburg

Magdeburg

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, East Germany on a SWANU bursary.

Katjiuongua met Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

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 during a trip to China

China

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 after 1963. From there he returned to Tanzania

Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

, again to work in the SWANU office .

Katjiuongua also held a BA

Bachelor of Arts

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 in political science and administration and an MA

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 in international affairs, economics, human geography and theoretical philosophy from Stockholm University

Stockholm University

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 which he obtained on a study trip between 1978 and 1980. He further completed a Masters Degree in public administration at the Carlton University in Ottawa

Ottawa

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, Canada

Canada

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Return to Namibia

In 1982, Katjiuongua returned to Namibia and became the president of SWANU. In that position, he led the SWANU delegation to the Multi-Party Conference in September 1983, but his party split on the question of participation in the internal settlement. A congress called by opponents relieved him and his supporters of their posts on the Central Committee

Central Committee

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 in 1984. This weakened the party's influence.

On 10 May 1985, he was appointed Minister of Manpower, National Health and Welfare in the cabinet of the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGNU). He contested the November 1989 pre-independence elections

Namibian parliamentary election, 1989

Parliamentary elections were held in Namibia between 7 and 11 November 1989. These elections were for the Constituent Assembly of Namibia, which, upon independence in March 1990, became the National Assembly of Namibia.-Background:...

 as candidate of the National Patriotic Front

National Patriotic Front (Namibia)

-History:It was formed in March 1989 at the initiative of Moses Katjioungua as an alliance of the Action National Settlement, South West African National Union and Caprivi African National Union political parties....

(NPF) party founded by him shortly before, and he was the only member of the party to win a seat.

Katjiuongua was married to Rebecca Matjituavi. They had four children.