Education
Hakaye graduated from Outapi Senior Secondary School in Omusati Region in 1976.
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Jhonny Haikella Hakaye
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He is the Chief Whip for SWAPO in the National Council. Following graduation, he fled into exile to join SWAPO in Lubango, Angola, becoming a Chief Political Commissar for SWAPO"s People"s Liberation Army of Namibia from 1977-1980. Leaving Lubango in 1980, Hakaye moved to Lusaka to study at the United Nations Institute for Namibia.
In Zambia, Hakaye graduated with a diploma from UNIN in 1983 and became an administrator and youth leader at SWAPO"s health center in Nyango.
A year later, Hakaye left Zambia for Tashkent, Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union), where he studied youth leadership and international relations at a local high school. The Omusati native was elected regional councillor for Okalongo Constituency, Omusati and later to the National Council for Omusati in 1993.
Politics
A member of the South West Africa People"s Organization (SWAPO), Hakaye was first elected to the National Council in 1993.
