Nathaniel Maxuilili (10 October 1927 – 26 June 1999) was a

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n politician, a member of

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, and veteran of the struggle for the independence of the former

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, he fought alongside today's Namibian prominent political figures such as

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and Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo among others. He was a deputy cabinet Minister of the

n government in the 1990s. Maxuilili was killed on 23 June 1999 in

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, while the ambulance taking him to hospital due to heart problems, was struck head-on by another vehicle.

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