Hidipo Hamutenya
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The Honourable Hidipo Hamutenya |
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| President of the Rally for Democracy and Progress | |
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In office 17 November 2007 – 28 February 2015 |
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| Preceded by | office established |
| Succeeded by | Jeremia Nambinga |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 27 August 2002 – 24 May 2004 |
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| President | Sam Nujoma |
| Succeeded by | Marco Hausiku |
| Minister of Trade and Industry | |
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In office 15 April 1993 – 27 August 2002 |
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| President | Sam Nujoma |
| Preceded by | Ben Amathila |
| Minister of Information and Broadcasting | |
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In office 21 March 1990 – 15 April 1993 |
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| President | Sam Nujoma |
| Preceded by | office established |
| Succeeded by | Ben Amathila |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 June 1939 Odibo, Ohangwena Region |
| Died | 6 October 2016 (aged 77) Windhoek, Khomas Region |
| Political party | SWAPO, RDP |
| Alma mater |
Sofia University Lincoln University, Pennsylvania Syracuse University McGill University |
Hidipo Livius Hamutenya (17 June 1939 – 6 October 2016) was a Namibian politician. A long-time leading member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), Hamutenya was a member of the Cabinet of Namibia from independence in 1990 to 2004. He was defeated in a bid for the party's presidential nomination in 2004 and left SWAPO to form an opposition group, the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), in 2007. He was elected to the National Assembly of Namibia with RDP in the 2009 general election. He was forced to step down as RDP President on 28 February 2015 and rejoined SWAPO on 28 August 2015.
Hidipo Livius Hamutenya was born in Odibo in the Ohangwena Region of northern Namibia. His father, Aaron Hamutenya, was a founding member of SWAPO. Hamutenya went to primary school at Odibo and Engela and then attended the Augustineum Teachers Training College in Okahandja from 1959 to 1961. He met other freedom fighters there and took part when the 1959 Old Location Uprising spilled over from Windhoek to the Augustineum. At the end of 1961, aged 22, he went to Tansania into exile.
He studied Journalism at the Sofia University in Bulgaria and then stayed in the United States, where he obtained a BA in Political Science and History from Lincoln University, Pennsylvania and a PD in Development Studies from Syracuse University, both in 1969. In 1971 Hamutenya graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with a MA.
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