Vipuakuje Muharukua

Vipuakuje Muharukua
Muharukua at the Parliament of Namibia in 2019
Member of Parliament of Namibia
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 March 2015
Personal details
BornNamibia

Vipuakuje Muharukua is a Namibian politician who served in the Parliament of Namibia. He was elected to Parliament on a Popular Democratic Movement ticket in 2014. At 31, he was the second youngest elected MP in Namibia since McHenry Venaani in 2002.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and political career

Muharukua, an ethnic Ovahimba, was born in 1983 in Opuwo in the Kunene Region of north-western Namibia. He was elected to the parliament of Namibia during the 2014 general election, becoming the youngest member of that particular parliament at the time.[5][6]

Resignation

Muharukua resigned from the party (PDM) and parliament on 09 April 2024, respectively.[7] At the time of resignation he was serving as the Chief Whip of the Popular Democratic Movement.[8]

References

  1. ^ http://www.parliament.na/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=1192:muharukua-vipuakuje-al&catid=104&Itemid=1479 | Muharukua, Vipuakuje
  2. ^ https://www.thevillager.com.na/articles/14201/ya-ndakolo-and-muharukua-clash-over-defence-spending-/ The Villager Newspaper Namibia
  3. ^ Lela Article title[dead link‍] Mobile Online - Speakers make a mockery of Parliament: Muharukua
  4. ^ https://namibiadailynews.info/muharukua-rues-nujoma-over-kunene-remarks/ Muharukua rues Nujoma over Kunene remarks | Namibia Daily News
  5. ^ https://www.namibian.com.na/178704/archive-read/Parliament-adjourned-over-corruption-claims-insults | Parliament adjourned over corruption claims, insults - The Namibian
  6. ^ https://www.namibiansun.com/news/meet-namibiaeurtms-youngest-mp Meet Namibia's youngest MP - Local News - Namibian Sun
  7. ^ Petersen, Shelleygan (2024-04-09). "Muharukua resigns from PDM, National Assembly". The Namibian. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  8. ^ "Members of 7th National Assembly". Namibian Parliament. Retrieved 2024-05-17.


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