Bernadette Maria Jagger (born 26 February 1958) is a

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n politician. She is a member of

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and became appointed to the party's Central Committee in 2012. In 2015 she won a seat in

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. In a

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reshuffle in February 2018 she was appointed Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism, succeeding

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. Jagger is a teacher by profession. She holds certificates in lower and higher primary education from Sohnge Training College and

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, respectively, and rose through the ranks from being a teacher in 1976, a deputy principal in 1992, to the

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 ...

al Director of Education in 2012. Jagger also obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in English Language Teaching and Administration from the

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, and a Bachelor of Philosophy in Education from the University of

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. Jagger is a senior councillor of the ''Riemvasmakers'' community, a clan of the

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