Albert Mishake Muyongo (born 28 April 1944) is a Namibian politician and former Member of Parliament who is living in exile in Denmark. Muyongo was born into Mafwe Royal House in Linyanti,

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. He received education at the Roman Catholic mission schools at

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in Caprivi and Zimbabwe. He attended South African colleges and taught for several years. In September 1964, Muyongo became the president of the

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(CANU) when its leader Brendan Simbwaye was detained by the

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. Muyongo fled to

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shortly after security forces raided the CANU office in

. While living in exile in Dar es Salaam, Muyongo negotiated a merger with

Sam Nujoma Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma, (; born 12 May 1929) is a Namibian revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served three terms as the first President of Namibia, from 1990 to 2005. Nujoma was a founding member and the first ...

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(SWAPO) party and served as SWAPO representative to Zambia for two years. Both parties would fight together to liberate Namibia from South African rule. Muyongo held various positions in SWAPO before he was expelled in 1980: representative in Zambia (1964–1965), educational secretary (1966–1970), SWAPO Vice-President (from 1970). In 1985, Muyongo led his CANU into a new political party, the United Democratic Party which soon joined the

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(DTA) group of parties but was expelled again in 1998 after rumours of secessionism surfaced. He was a member of the

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from 1990 to 1999. In the 1994 presidential election he placed second, behind President

, with 23.08% of the vote. After Muyongo expressed support for Caprivi secession in 1998, he was suspended from the DTA in August 1998 at an extraordinary meeting of the party's executive committee. Muyongo fled the country with Chief Boniface Bebi Mamili of the Lozi-allied Mafwe people. Other Caprivians, including the former governor of the Caprivi Region (today

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), John Mabuku. fled to Botswana at the same time. Muyongo was replaced as DTA President by Katuutire Kaura, who called for Muyongo to be brought back and put on trial. Muyongo and Bebi fled and found exile in Denmark and escaped the Caprivi treason trial in Namibia. Purportedly Nujoma had agreed to an independent Caprivi, once SWAPO succeeded in winning Namibian independence."'SECRET' Nujoma-Muyongo document surfaces"
''The Namibian'', 24 January 2007. This 'agreement', however, was never fulfilled.

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'', 19 November 1989. {{DEFAULTSORT:Muyongo, Mishake 1944 births Living people Members of the National Assembly (Namibia) Popular Democratic Movement politicians Members of SWAPO People from Zambezi Region Namibian expatriates in Zambia Namibian expatriates in Tanzania Namibian expatriates in Denmark Namibian exiles Candidates for President of Namibia