Oshakiti, Namibia-Sumboma, a white freedom-libertarian fighter, who in 1990 attracted Namibia to independence from the colorful South Africa and served as its first president for 15 years, and he The father of the nation became known, died. He was 95 years old.
On Sunday, the current Nambia President Nangolo Mumbomba announced the death of Najuma, who said that Najuma died Saturday night after he was admitted to a hospital in the capital, Windowk.
“The foundations of the Namibia Republic have been shaken,” Mambuma said in a statement. “Over the past three weeks, the founder of the Republic of Namibia and the founder of the Namibian nation was admitted to the hospital for medical treatment and medical observation due to the health of the father.”
“Unfortunately, this time, the brave son of our land could not recover from his illness.”
Mambuma said that Najuma marticed the people of Namibia during the darkest hours of our freedom struggle. “
As a charismatic father in southwestern Africa, Nozoma was interpreted as his barren, a very low -populated homeland, which after a long colonial rule by Germany and a bitter war of independence from South Africa. And was attracted to stability.
He spent about 30 years in exile as the leader of his independence movement before his return to the parliamentary elections in late 1989, which was the first democratic vote in the country. He was elected president by lawmakers months later in 1990 as the independence of Namibia was confirmed.
Najuma was the last part of a generation of African leaders who brought their countries out of the colonial or white minority rule, including Nelson Mandela of South Africa, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Kenneth of Zambia, Julius Nierr of Tanzania and Mozambak. There were included.
After the deep division of the liberation war and the country of South Africa into ethnic -based regional governments, many nominee residents followed the process of national healing and reconciliation following the process of national healing and reconciliation. Gone.
Even his political opponents praised Navjuma – which was named Marxist and was accused of brutal pressure during his exile – he has the government after the establishment of a democratic constitution and independence. I added white businessmen and politicians.
Despite its practicalism and nationalism at home, Najuma often shoots foreign headlines for anti -Western anti -Western statements. At a UN conference in Geneva in 2000, when he claimed that AIDS was a man -made biological weapon, Najuma stunned the delegates. He occasionally fought verbally about homosexuality, called homosexuals “fools” and called homosexuality the “foreign and corrupt ideology”.
It once banned all foreign television programs, announcing that they had damaged Namibian youth.
Navjuma formed relations with North Korea, Cuba, Russia and China, some of which supported the Namibian independence movement by providing weapons and training.
But he balanced that with reaching the West, and was the first African leader to host the Najuma in the White House in 1993 by former US President Bill Clinton. Clinton called Nozoma “George Washington of his country” and “was a real hero. The world movement towards democracy.
“There is no shortage of capable and experienced African women to go ahead,” said Navjuma for the development of women in the region. Namibia elected her first female president last year, and President Netambo Nandi Naditova’s term is set to begin next month.
Nejoma grew up in a rural, poor family, the largest of 11 children. His early life was revolving around his parents’ livestock and land cultivation. He studied at a mission school before he went to Windowk and work for the South African Railway.
He was arrested in 1959 after a political protest and escaped from the area shortly after his release in Tanzania to go to exile. In exile, it helped the establishment of an organization of the South West African people and was nominated in 1960. Swipo has been the ruling party of Namibia since 1990, and Najuma finally led it for 47 years until he retired in 2007.
When South Africa refused to focus on the UN resolution in 1966 to end the mandate in the German Colony in South West Africa after the First World War, Najuma launched Sopo’s guerrilla campaign.
“We started the armed struggle with just two all machine guns and two pistols.” “I acquired them from Algeria, as well as a period of ammunition.”
Swipo never won a military victory in the Independence War, which lasted for more than 20 years, but Navjuma gained extensive political support during his exile, which led to the United Nations to the sole representative of the nominee and South Africa. Finally announced his withdrawal from the country.
When he joined global leaders, Najuma was aware of his lack of education. He quickly left school to work and later studied at Night School, to a great extent to improve his English. He said that instead of dedicating his life to the independence of his country, he said.
“Others studied them when I guided the struggle,” he said.
