Royal Johan Kxao ǀUiǀoǀoo[note 1][note 2] (born 30 September 1966) is a Namibian politician who is serving in the cabinet of Namibia as deputy Minister of Marginalised People since March 2015.[1] He was a member of Parliament as a SWAPO backbencher between 2000 and 2010,[2] and after that a special advisor in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.[3]
Royal ǀUiǀoǀoo | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Minister of Marginalised People | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2015 | |
| President | Hage Geingob |
| Prime Minister | Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila |
| Preceded by | Nickey Iyambo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 September 1966 Tsumkwe |
| Political party | SWAPO |
Early life and education
editǀUiǀoǀoo was born on 30 September 1966 in Tsumkwe in the Otjozondjupa Region.[2] He grew up in Botswana. Between 1991 and 1997 he worked as a teacher at different schools. In 2000 he finished his matric at NamCOL and holds a certificate in Linguistic Studies in African Languages. As of 2019[update] he is enrolled at Unisa for a law degree.[4][2]
ǀUiǀoǀoo is an ethnic ǃKung from Tsumkwe's Juǀʼhoan-speaking community, for which he is also a senior traditional officer. At the time he became a parliamentarian in 2000, he was the youngest ever SWAPO MP. He also was the first and only San to serve in Parliament.[5]
Notes
edit- ^ The letter ⟨ǀ⟩ is a dental click. Pronunciation at beginning and at 1m in Namibian Broadcasting Corp. (Dec 7, 2018). "Minister ǀUiǀoǀoo hopes rights of indigenous people whitepaper approved by Cabinet". YouTube.com. Retrieved Feb 1, 2019.
- ^ commonly rendered "/Ui/o/oo" due to technical limitations, e.g. in "Deputy Minister Royal ǀUiǀoǀoo on representing minorities in the Vice Presidency Office". YouTube.com. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
References
edit- ^ Immanuel, Shinovene; Mongudhi, Tileni (20 March 2015). "Costly Democracy". The Namibian. pp. 1–2.
- ^ a b c "/Ui/o/oo, Royal Kxao". Parliament of Namibia. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Mushelenga to replace Iyambo in parliament". Namibian Sun. 21 February 2013.
- ^ "Know Your MPs. Royal Kxao ǀUiǀoǀoo (Swapo)". New Era. 24 June 2016. p. 4.
- ^ Graham Hopwood: Who's Who: ǀUiǀoǀoo, Royal at Namibia Institute for Democracy, 2007
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