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Hifikepunye Pohamba

1936 - Today

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Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born 18 August 1935) is a Namibian politician who served as the second president of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March 2015. He won the 2004 presidential election overwhelmingly as the candidate of SWAPO and was reelected in 2009. Pohamba was the president of SWAPO from 2007 until his retirement in 2015. He is a recipient of the Ibrahim Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hifikepunye Pohamba is the 7,456th most popular politician (down from 6,686th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Namibia and the 3rd most popular Namibian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hifikepunye Pohamba ranks 7,456 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Xizong of Tang, Jacopo Tiepolo, Irakli Tsereteli, Bai Chongxi, Archidamus III, and Bertrand de Blanchefort. After him are Félix Malloum, Giuseppe Pella, Cao Kun, Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, and Eurico Gaspar Dutra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Hifikepunye Pohamba ranks 141. Before him are Jim Henson, Jo Siffert, Raimonds Pauls, Masako Nozawa, Frances Shand Kydd, and Nino Castelnuovo. After him are Omar Suleiman, Roger Whittaker, Horst Mahler, Dan Inosanto, A. S. Byatt, and Harry Bild.

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In Namibia

Among people born in Namibia, Hifikepunye Pohamba ranks 4 out of 15. Before him are Nǃxau ǂToma (1944), Sam Nujoma (1929), and Hage Geingob (1941). After him are Saara Kuugongelwa (1967), Nahas Angula (1943), Frankie Fredericks (1967), Theo-Ben Gurirab (1938), Behati Prinsloo (1988), Michelle McLean (1972), Collin Benjamin (1978), and Percy Montgomery (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In Namibia

Among politicians born in Namibia, Hifikepunye Pohamba ranks 3. Before him are Sam Nujoma (1929), and Hage Geingob (1941). After him are Saara Kuugongelwa (1967), Nahas Angula (1943), and Theo-Ben Gurirab (1938).

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