13 Notable alumni of University of Namibia
Updated: May 05, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Namibia is ranked #2,716 in the world and #1 in Namibia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from University of Namibia sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Namibia won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Monica Geingos
1977-. (aged 49)
businessperson
politician
Monica Geingos is a Namibian entrepreneur and lawyer who served as the 3rd First Lady of Namibia from 2015 until her husband died in 2024. She has been a board member and director within many of the country's large companies. She also chaired the Presidential Economic Advisory Council. She was the President of the Organisation of African First Ladies for...
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2. Theo-Ben Gurirab
1938-2018 (aged 80)
diplomat
minister
politician
Theo-Ben Gurirab was a Namibian politician who served in various senior government positions. He served as the second prime minister of Namibia from 28 August 2002 to 20 March 2005, following the demotion and subsequent resignation of Hage Geingob. Previously he was the country's first Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 2002 and was President of the United Nations...
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3. Job Amupanda
1987-. (aged 39)
politician
Job Shipululo Amupanda is a Namibian activist, associate professor, and politician who served as Mayor of the City of Windhoek, in office from 2 December 2020 to 1 December 2021. He was an associate professor at the University of Namibia before he co-founded the Affirmative Repositioning movement, a movement set up by radical youth activists of the SWAPO Party Youth...
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4. Emma Theofelus
1996-. (aged 30)
politician
minister
Emma Inamutila Theofelus is a Namibian politician, currently serving as the Minister of Information, Communication, and Technology as of 9 February 2024. Theofelus was 23 years old at the time of her appointment in March 2020 and is the current youngest woman government minister in both Africa and Namibia.
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5. Bernadus Swartbooi
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Bernadus Clinton Swartbooi is a Namibian politician.
6. Joseph Kalimbwe
1993-. (aged 33)
columnist
Joseph Kalimbwe is a Zambian politician, author and activist. Previously, he was president of the African Union youth simulation in 2014 and president of the student representative council of the University of Namibia in 2017. He has written for the Namibian Sun, and has published three books including Persecuted in Search of Change in 2017, The Pain of An Empty...
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7. John Mutorwa
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
John Mutorwa is a Namibian politician who served a deputy prime minister and Minister of Works and Transport. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), Mutorwa has served in the National Assembly of Namibia as well as the cabinet from 1992 until 2020.
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8. Peya Mushelenga
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
minister
Samuel Abraham Peyavali "Peya" Mushelenga is a Namibian politician and poet. He is broadly educated, holding fifteen academic qualifications from seven different universities.
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9. Pohamba Shifeta
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
minister
Pohamba Penomwenyo Shifeta is a Namibian politician. He was Namibia's Minister of Environment and Tourism from March 2015 to 21 March 2025.
10. Tjekero Tweya
1960-. (aged 66)
minister
politician
trade unionist
Tjekero Tweya, is a Namibian politician and trade unionist. Tweya is a member of parliament for SWAPO. He served in the Cabinet of Namibia as Minister of Industrialization, Trade and SME Development and as Minister of Information and Communication Technology.
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11. Lovisa Mulunga
1995-. (aged 31)
association football player
Lovisa Tuyakula Mulunga is a Namibian footballer who plays as a defender for Namibia Women's Super League club Tura Magic FC, where she is team captain, and the Namibia women's national team, also known as the Brave Gladiators. She was named the 2011/2012 Namibia Women's Super League Player of the Season.
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12. Sam Nujoma
1929-2025 (aged 96)
politician
autobiographer
Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma was a Namibian revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served three terms as the first president of Namibia, from 1990 to 2005. Nujoma was a founding member and the first president of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) in 1960.
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13. Francine Muyumba
1987-. (aged 39)
politician
activist
Francine Furaha Muyumba is a Congolese activist and politician serving as Senator in the Senate of Congo. Previously, she served as the president of the Panafrican Youth Union, the official youth body of the African Union from November 2015 to April 2019.
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