Marco Hausiku

The Honourable Marco Hausiku
Hausiku (left) in 2013
Deputy secretary-general of SWAPO
In office 26 November 2017 – 26 August 2021
President	Hage Geingob
Prime Minister	Saara Kuugongelwa
Preceded by	Laura McLeod-Katjirua
Deputy-Prime Minister of Namibia
In office 21 March 2010 – 21 March 2015
President	Hifikepunye Pohamba
Prime Minister	Nahas Angula Hage Geingob
Preceded by	Libertina Amathila
Succeeded by	Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 27 May 2004 – 21 March 2010
President	Sam Nujoma Hifikepunye Pohamba
Prime Minister	Theo-Ben Gurirab Nahas Angula
Preceded by	Hidipo Hamutenya
Succeeded by	Utoni Nujoma
Minister of Labour
In office 27 August 2002 – 27 May 2004
President	Sam Nujoma
Prime Minister	Theo-Ben Gurirab
Preceded by	Andimba Toivo ya Toivo
Succeeded by	Marlene Mungunda
Minister of Prisons and Correctional Services
In office 1995 – 27 August 2002
President	Sam Nujoma
Prime Minister	Hage Geingob
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Andimba Toivo ya Toivo
Minister of Works, Transport and Communication
In office 1992–1995
President	Sam Nujoma
Prime Minister	Hage Geingob
Preceded by	Richard Kapelwa Kabajani
Succeeded by	Hampie Plichta
Minister of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation
In office 21 March 1990 – 1992
President	Sam Nujoma
Prime Minister	Hage Geingob
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Richard Kapelwa Kabajani
Personal details
Born	(1953-11-25)25 November 1953 Kapako, Okavango Region, South West Africa
Died	26 August 2021(2021-08-26) (aged 67)
Political party	SWAPO

Marco Mukoso Hausiku (25 November 1953 – 26 August 2021) was a Namibian politician who was Deputy-Prime Minister of Namibia from 2010 to 2015.[1]

Previously, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2010. In 2017 he was elected as the deputy secretary general of the Swapo Party at the party's 6th congress.

Life and career

Hausiku was born on 25 November 1953 in Kapako, Okavango Region (now Kavango West).[2] Immediately prior to independence, Hausiku was a SWAPO delegate to the Constituent Assembly which was in place from November 1989 to March 1990,[3] and since 1990 he has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia. He served as Minister of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation from 1990 to 1992, as Minister of Works, Transport and Communication from 1992 to March 1995 and as Minister of Prisons and Correctional Services from March 1995 to August 2002.[2][4] He was appointed as Minister of Labour on 27 August 2002,[2][5] and after nearly two years in that position he was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs by president Sam Nujoma on 27 May 2004. This appointment followed Nujoma's dismissal of the previous foreign minister, Hidipo Hamutenya, in the midst of a struggle within SWAPO regarding the nomination of a presidential candidate.[6]

Hausiku received the 16th highest number of votes, 345, in the election to the central committee of SWAPO at the party's August 2002 congress.[7] He was SWAPO's Secretary for External Relations as of January 2008.[8]

Amidst a push for new faces in the National Assembly, Hausiku opted not to seek a spot on the SWAPO list for the 2014 election.[9] After leaving parliament, he was designated as rector of the Swapo Party School, which was launched in May 2016. He was intended to serve as rector in an interim capacity for the school's first year.[10][11]

Death

Hausiku died on 26 August 2021 at the age of 68, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Namibia,[12] from post-COVID-19 complications.[13] He was buried at Heroes' Acre outside Windhoek on 11 September.[14]

References

1. "Former Deputy Prime Ministers". OPM - Office of the Prime Minister of Namibia.
2. Profile at Namibian Parliament website, retrieved 5 July 2022. Archived 14 September 2003 at the Wayback Machine.
3. List of members of the Constituent Assembly, parliament.gov.na.
4. Entry at the Contemporary Africa Database Archived 4 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
5. "Aug 2002 - Namibia", Keesing's Record of World Events, volume 48, August 2002, Namibia, page 44,924.
6. "Nujoma appoints new foreign minister", Agence France-Presse, 27 May 2004.
7. "The ruling party's new Central Committee" Archived 9 March 2003 at the Wayback Machine, The Namibian, 27 August 2002. "The Namibian | Local News | the ruling party's new Central Committee". Archived from the original on 9 March 2003. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
8. Christof Maletsky, "Surprise changes in Swapo" Archived 15 August 2007 at archive.today, The Namibian, 29 January 2008.
9. "SPYL hails Swapo list", New Era, 2 September 2014.
10. Tuyeimo Haidula, "Hausiku back in limelight ... former deputy prime minister appointed interim Swapo school rector" Archived 15 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine, The Namibian, 24 May 2016, p.1
11. "Don’t doubt Swapo School – Geingob", New Era, 24 May 2016.
12. Iikela, Sakeus (26 August 2021). "Swapo deputy SG Hausiku dies". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
13. Muyamba, John (30 August 2021). "Namibia mourns Marco Hausiku". New Era.
14. Iikela, Sakeus (10 September 2021). "I don't want to claim Swapo members - Venaani". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.