Akkreditierungsdatum

03.02.2021

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Date of Birth: 17th December 1957 in Onhokolo, Namibia

Personal Status: Married with 5 children

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1980 Diploma of Management and Development from the UN Institute for Namibia (UNIN) in Lusaka, Zambia. He was on a nine months internship program at the Zambian National Commission for Development Planning in Lusaka.; 1989 Diploma in Diplomacy and International Relations through the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and a Professional Certificate in Diplomacy at the Foreign Service Academy of Nigeria.

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2018-2020 Member of the Namibian Parliament; 2018-2020 Minister in the Presidency, concurrently as Acting Minister of Education, Arts and Culture, from July 2019 to March 2020; 2010-2018 Ambassador of Namibia to the USA. He was also accredited to The Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico and Panama; 2006-2010 Head of Department: Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 1996 to 2006 Namibia’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN in New York; 1999-2000 Leader of the Namibian delegation on the UN Security Council (UNSC); August 1999 and October 2000: President of the UNSC; September 1999 and October 2000 Leader of the UNSC delegation to Indonesia and East Timor. During his assignment at the UN, Ambassador Andjaba was also accredited to Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana; 1990-1996 Chief of Protocol of the Republic of Namibia; June 1989 Ambassador Andjaba was repatriated to Namibia together with other SWAPO leaders and cadres. He was appointed Chief of Protocol of the SWAPO Directorate of Elections; 1984-1989 Senior Coordinator, Department of International Relations of SWAPO at the SWAPO Provisional Headquarters in Luanda, Angola; 1986-1989 Secretary of the African Group of Ambassadors in Luanda; 1977 Ambassador Andjaba went into exile and joined the ranks of the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia, SWAPO’s Military Wing; August 2014: Conferred with the Most Distinguished Order of Namibia: Second Class.