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Tangeni Iijambo

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Tangeni Iijambo (born 24 November 1954) is a Namibian politician and academic. He was president of the South West Africa National Union (SWANU) from 2017 to 2022, and SWANU member of parliament from 2018 to 2023.[1][2]

Iiyambo ran as presidential candidate in the 2019 Namibian general election. He only gathered 0.7% of the popular vote and occupied the sole seat in parliament that SWANU won.[3] After Evilastus Kaaronda took over the SWANU presidency from him in 2022, the party decided that he should serve out his term in parliament.[4] However, in March 2023 SWANU withdrew Iijambo from parliament and installed Kaaronda.[5]

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  1. ^ Kooper, Lugeretzia (30 January 2019). "Discontent surfaces in Swanu". The Namibian. allafrica.com. p. 5.
  2. ^ "Tangeni, Cornelius Iijambo (Withdrawn)". Parliament of Namibia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  3. ^ Iikela, Sakeus (2 December 2019). "Reduced victory ... Swapo, Geingob drop votes". The Namibian. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Evalistus Kaaronda new SWANU of Namibia president". NBC. 2022.
  5. ^ "Iijambo ponders future after parliament". The Namibian. 28 March 2023.
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