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NUJOMA, Sam was born on May 12, 1929 in Ongandjera. Son of late Daniel Ntema Nujoma and of Hewi Mpinguna Kondomtola.
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Namibia Today , Official Organ of the South West Africa People's Organization, Vol. 4 No. 3/4/1980 :Editorial - 20-Fighting Years :President Sam Nujoma denounces Pretorias manoeuvres :They will not pass :Enemy exposed :Iran: The Islamic Revolution :The Namibian Women on the march :letter to the editor
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Mr. Chairman, Honorable Members of the European Parliament, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Allow me, first of all, to express, on behalf of SWAPO and the embattled Namibian people, deep gratitude for this unique opportunity which you Honorable members of the European Parliament have accorded me to be here today in order to brief you about the plight, the hopes and the aspirations of the oppressed Namibian people. Mr. Chairman, I would also like to seize this opportunity to register, on behalf of SWAPO, sincere thanks to the EEC member countries for humanitarian and educational assistance rendered to the Namibian people, through our movement. Your governments and your people have bilaterally made considerable medical, food and clothing donations to our movement in order to enable us to alleviate the health, social and educational problems of thousands of Namibian refugees and exiles who have fled their country, Namibia, in order to escape the brutal and racist repression and colonial domination in our country...
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NUJOMA, Sam was born on May 12, 1929 in Ongandjera. Son of late Daniel Ntema Nujoma and of Hewi Mpinguna Kondomtola.
Finnish Protestant Mission School, Saint Barnabas School, Windhoek.
President SWAPO (South.W. Africa People"s Organization) April since 1959. Arrested December 1959. Went into exile 1960.
Appeared before United Nations Committee on South.W. Africa June 1960.
Secretariat up SWAPO provisional Headquarters in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania March 1961. Arrested on return to Windhoek and formally.
Nujoma was a founding member and the first president of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) in 1960. He played an important role as leader of the national liberation movement in campaigning for Namibia's independence from South African rule. He established the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) in 1962 and launched a guerrilla war against the apartheid government of South Africa in 1966, beginning after the United Nations withdrew the mandate for South Africa to govern the territory.
He has received multiple honors and awards for his outstanding leadership including the Lenin Peace Prize, Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, and the Ho Chi Minh Peace Prize. The Parliament of Namibia honored him with the titles "Founding President of the Republic of Namibia" and "Father of the Namibian Nation". In 2007 SWAPO named him as "Leader of the Namibian Revolution. "
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Married Kowambo Theoplidine Katjimuina.
