Background
AMATHILA, Dr. Libertine was born on December 10, 1940 in Fransfontein, Namibia.
Minister of Local Government and Housing
AMATHILA, Dr. Libertine was born on December 10, 1940 in Fransfontein, Namibia.
Augustineum Training College, Okahandja, 1955-1957. Wellington High School, Cape, South Africa, 1957-1959. Warsaw Medical Academy, Poland, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Chemistry, 1969.
Muhimbili Teaching Hospital, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 1969-1970. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom, Postgraduate Diploma in Nutrition, 1972, Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health, 1977-1978. St. Goran Bam Clinic, Stockholm, Sweden, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Chemistry.
Bamako Medical Faculty, Mali, Diploma in Epidemiology, 1983.
Director, SWAPO Women’s Council, until 1976. Deputy Secretary for Health and Welfare, SWAPO Central Committee, until present. Director for Health, SWAPO Election Directorate, June 1987.
Appointed Minister Delegate of Local Govt, and Housing, 1987. Minister of Local Govt, and Housing, March since 1991. Member, SWAPO Politbureau, March since 1991.
Member of Parliament. Professional career: Namibian Representative, World Health Organisation (World Health Organisation), 1974-1989. Volunteer work in Namibian Refugee Camps, Zambia, 1975-1979.
Director, Children's Centre, Kwanze Norte, Angola, 1979. Worked in Angola, until 1988.
Member, Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA), since 1980.
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