Auguste Xoagus (died 2009) was a

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

n politician. A member of

SWAPO The South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO ; , SWAVO; , SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia (formerly South West Africa). Founded in 1960, it has been ...

, Xoagus was a regional councilor for her party in

Khorixas Khorixas is a town with about 9,000 inhabitants in the southern part of the Kunene Region, Namibia. It was the capital of the Damaraland bantustan before Namibia's independence. It is the administrative capital of Khorixas Constituency. Most of ...

in the northwestern

Kunene Region Kunene is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Opuwo, its governor is Vipuakuje Muharukua. The region's name comes from the Kunene River which forms the northern border with Angola. Geography Besides the capital Opuwo, the reg ...

. Xoagus was on

list place 36 in the

2009 Namibian general election General elections were held in Namibia on 27–28 November 2009. They were the fourth general elections since independence and the fifth democratic elections. Voting ended on 28 November and official election results, released on 4 December, show ...

. SWAPO obtained 54 seats, placing her comfortably into the

5th National Assembly of Namibia Below is a list of members of the 5th National Assembly of Namibia. They were selected by their parties based on the results of the 2009 parliamentary election. The members were in the National Assembly from 21 March 2010 until 21 March 2015. ...

. However, Xoagus died on 3 December 2009 before the 5th Assembly was sworn in.

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Ndemupelila Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (born 29October 1952), nicknamed NNN, is a Namibian politician who is the fifth and current president of Namibia since 21 March 2025. She is the country's first female president. Previously, she served as the th ...

, #55 on the list, took her place.

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Year of birth missing 2009 deaths SWAPO politicians People from Kunene Region {{Namibia-politician-stub