Moses Amweelo (25 May 1952 – 24 June 2025) 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 who was 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 ...
. Amweelo became a member of the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...
in 2000 and was appointed
Minister of Works, Transport and Communication. He served as minister until 2005, and as member of parliament until 2010.
He was born in
Okatana,
Oshana Region
Oshana is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia; its capital is Oshakati. The towns of Oshakati, Ongwediva and Ondangwa, all situated with this region, form an urban cluster with the second largest population concentration in Namibia after the c ...
.
Amweelo died on 24 June 2025 in Windhoek from cancer at the age of 73.
References
1952 births
2025 deaths
Politicians from Oshana Region
Members of the National Assembly (Namibia)
SWAPO politicians
Government ministers of Namibia
Deaths from cancer in Namibia
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