Ompundja Constituency

Ompundja Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 4,423 registered voters in 2004.[1] The constituency councillor is SWAPO politician Adolf Hitler Uunona who has been serving in this role since 2004[2] but rose to international attention in 2020 when news media picked up that his middle name is Hitler.[3][4][5] Uunona stated in response, "my father gave me this name Adolf Hitler, but it does not mean I have Adolf Hitler's character".[2]

Ompundja Constituency (yellow) in the Oshana Region (dark grey)

It is the birthplace of ambassador, politician and businessperson Monica Nashandi.[6]

Politics

Ompundja constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[7]

References
  1. "Namibia Constituencies". 2004.
  2. Ndeyanale, Eliaser (7 December 2020). "Adolf Hitler defends his name". The Namibian. p. 1.
  3. "Namibia: Man named after Adolf Hitler wins local election". BBC News. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  4. "Schlechter Scherz? Adolf Hitler sitzt 2020 im Landrat". Euronews Deutsche (in German). 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  5. AfricaNews (2020-12-03). "Politician Named after Adolf Hitler Wins Election In Namibia". Africanews. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  6. State House's Nashandi resigns Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine New Era, 16 October 2009
  7. Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.


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