Edson E. Isaacks (born 10 July 1973) is a Namibian educator, farmer and politician serving as a Member of the

National Assembly of Namibia The National Assembly is the lower chamber of Namibia's bicameral Parliament. Its laws must be approved by the National Council, the upper house. Since 2014, it has a total of 104 members. 96 members are directly elected through a system of cl ...

since March 2020. He is the operative secretary of the

Landless People's Movement The Landless People's Movement is an independent social movement in South Africa. It consisted of rural people and people living in shack settlements in cities. The Landless People's Movement boycotted parliamentary elections and had a history ...

Biography

Isaacks was born on 10 July 1973 in

Windhoek Windhoek (; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek, which ...

South West Africa South West Africa was a territory under Union of South Africa, South African administration from 1915 to 1990. Renamed ''Namibia'' by the United Nations in 1968, Independence of Namibia, it became independent under this name on 21 March 1990. ...

. He studied at the

University of Namibia The University of Namibia (UNAM) is a multi-campus public research university in Namibia, and the largest university in the country. It was established by an act of Parliament on 31 August 1992. Background UNAM comprises the following fac ...

where he obtained a bachelor's degree in education. He then worked as a teacher and a farmer. Isaacks joined the

and was appointed the party's operative secretary, a post similar to any given political party's secretary-general position. He was one of the party's parliamentary candidates for the 2019 general election. He was elected as the party won four seats in parliament. Isaacks took office as a Member of the

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on 20 March 2020.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Isaacks, Edson Living people 1973 births Politicians from Windhoek University of Namibia alumni Landless People's Movement (Namibia) politicians