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Mar 17, 1947 Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia 77 years old
Namibian Minister of Youth
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About Jerry Ekandjo
- Jerry Lukiiko Ekandjo (born 17 March 1947) is a Namibian politician and former anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner.
- He is one of the founding members of the SWAPO Youth League and has been one of the most active internal leading members of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) during the liberation struggle.
- He spent eight years in prison on Robben Island after being charged for inciting violence in 1973.
- Ekandjo has been a member of the Cabinet of Namibia from independence in 1990 until 2018, serving the SWAPO government in various ministerial positions.
- His last appointment was Minister of Youth and Sport since 2012, from which he was recalled in early 2018.
- Previously he was Deputy Minister of Local Government and Housing from 1990 to 1995, Minister of Home Affairs from 1995 to 2005, Minister of Lands and Resettlement from 2005 to 2008, and Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development from 2008 to 2012.In 2012 Ekandjo was a candidate for the Vice-President of SWAPO and came second to Hage Geingob who eventually became the President of Namibia in 2015.
- In 2017 he was nominated as a candidate for the President of SWAPO and came second again to Hage Geingob.
