Esther Muinjangue

Esther Utjiua Muinjangue (born 17 August 1962) is a Namibian politician and the president of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO), a party with two seats in the National Assembly of Namibia and one seat in the National Council of Namibia. She is the first woman to lead a political party in Namibia, and the country's first female presidential candidate.[1] She was appointed the country's deputy minister of health and social services in March 2020 by Namibian president Hage Geingob.

Esther Muinjangue
Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services
Assumed office
March 2020
Preceded byJuliet Kavetuna
President of National Unity Democratic Organisation
Assumed office
March 2019
Preceded byAsser Mbai
Personal details
Born (1962-08-17) 17 August 1962
Windhoek, Namibia
Political partyNUDO
Alma materAcademy of Tertiary Education (now University of Namibia) (BA Sci)

University of Pretoria (Masters in Social Work)

University of Stellenbosch (PhD)

2019 Presidential election

In the 2019 Namibian general election where Muinjangue first ran as presidential candidate she only gathered 1.5% of the popular vote. As NUDO again gained two seats in Parliament, she will sit in the National Assembly as leader of her party.[2]

References
  1. Iileka, Sakeus (4 March 2019). "Nudo elects female president". The Namibian. p. 3.
  2. Iikela, Sakeus (2 December 2019). "Reduced victory ... Swapo, Geingob drop votes". The Namibian. p. 1.


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