Agnes Basilia Tjongarero (born 17 May 1946) is a

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politician. Tjongarero was born on 17 May 1946 in

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(today Namibia). Between 1968 and 1975 she trained as nurse, midwife, nursing manager and nursing educator, and then worked as a lecturer at a nursing college until 1992. Tjongarero also was active in various sport administration roles. She was president of the All Namibia Netball Association between 1993 and 1997 and vice chairperson of the Namibia Sports Commission between 2006 and 2009. She is the president of the Namibia National Olympic Committee since 1997. Tjongarero is a member of

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. She was appointed to the

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in 2010 by president

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. In 2015 she was appointed deputy Minister of Sport, Youth and National Service. In March 2020, she was promoted to minister.

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