Richard Nchabi Kamwi (born 3 June 1950 in Ioma,
Zambezi Region) is a
Namibian medical physician and politician.
[Hopwood, Graham. Guide to Namibian Politics, 2007 edition. ]Namibia Institute for Democracy
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
, Windhoek, 2007 A member of the
National Assembly with the
South West Africa People's Organization since 1999, Kamwi was the
Minister of Health and Social Services from March 2005 to 2015.
After graduating from the
Technikon Mmadikoti in
Pietersburg,
South Africa in 1980, Kamwi became the first black health inspector in
Katima Mulilo. After being relieved of his position in 1984, and subsequently arrested for political subversion in 1985, Kamwi went into exile in Botswana. He served in the
People's Liberation Army of Namibia until repatriation in 1989.
Kamwi resumed his position of health inspector until joining the National Assembly in 1999. In 2000, President Sam Nujoma appointed him to the post of deputy Minister of Health and Social Services under
Libertine Amathila
Libertina Inaviposa Amathila ( née Appolus, born 10 December 1940) is a Namibian physician and politician. She was the deputy Prime Minister of Namibia from 2005 to 2010.
Early life
Amathila was born in Fransfontein, Kunene Region. Under the S ...
. Upon the promotion of minister Amathila to the post of deputy Prime Minister along with the election of president
Hifikepunye Pohamba
Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born 18 August 1936) is a Namibian politician who served as the second president of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March 2015. He won the 2004 presidential election overwhelmingly as the candidate of SWAPO, and was ...
, Kamwi was promoted to minister. He served until 2015, and then took up farming on farm ''Rimini'' in the
Otavi
Otavi is a town of 4,000 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of central Namibia. Situated 360 km north of Windhoek, it is the district capital of the Otavi electoral constituency.
Geography
The towns of Otavi, Tsumeb (to the north) and Gro ...
-
Tsumeb-
Grootfontein triangle.
References
1950 births
Living people
Namibian physicians
Members of the National Assembly (Namibia)
People from Zambezi Region
People's Liberation Army of Namibia personnel
SWAPO politicians
Health and social services ministers of Namibia
Namibian expatriates in Botswana
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