Vipuakuje Muharukua is a Namibian politician who served in the Parliament of Namibia. He was elected to Parliament on a Popular Democratic Movement ticket in 2014. At 31, he was the second youngest elected MP in Namibia since McHenry Venaani in 2002.[1][2][3][4]
Vipuakuje Muharukua | |
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 Muharukua at the Parliament of Namibia in 2019 | |
| Member of Parliament of Namibia | |
| Assumed office 20 March 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Namibia |
Early life and political career
editMuharukua, an ethnic Ovahimba, was born in 1983 in Opuwo in the Kunene Region of north-western Namibia. He was elected to the parliament of Namibia during the 2014 general election, becoming the youngest member of that particular parliament at the time.[5][6]
Resignation
editMuharukua resigned from the party (PDM) and parliament on 09 April 2024, respectively.[7] At the time of resignation he was serving as the Chief Whip of the Popular Democratic Movement.[8]
References
edit- ^ http://www.parliament.na/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=1192:muharukua-vipuakuje-al&catid=104&Itemid=1479 | Muharukua, Vipuakuje
- ^ https://www.thevillager.com.na/articles/14201/ya-ndakolo-and-muharukua-clash-over-defence-spending-/ The Villager Newspaper Namibia
- ^ https://www.lelamobile.com/content/75514/Speakers-make-a-mockery-of-Parliament-Muharukua/ Lela Mobile Online - Speakers make a mockery of Parliament: Muharukua
- ^ https://namibiadailynews.info/muharukua-rues-nujoma-over-kunene-remarks/ Muharukua rues Nujoma over Kunene remarks | Namibia Daily News
- ^ https://www.namibian.com.na/178704/archive-read/Parliament-adjourned-over-corruption-claims-insults | Parliament adjourned over corruption claims, insults - The Namibian
- ^ https://www.namibiansun.com/news/meet-namibiaeurtms-youngest-mp Meet Namibia's youngest MP - Local News - Namibian Sun
- ^ Petersen, Shelleygan (2024-04-09). "Muharukua resigns from PDM, National Assembly". The Namibian. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ "Members of 7th National Assembly". Namibian Parliament. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
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