South West Africa People’s Organisation | |
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Abbreviation | SWAPO |
Leader | Hage Geingob |
Secretary-General | Sophia Shaningwa |
Vice President | Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah |
Vice Secretary-General | Nangolo Mbumba |
Executive Director | Austin Samupwa |
Founders | Andimba Toivo ya Toivo Sam Nujoma Jacob Kuhangua Louis Nelengani Lucas Nepela |
Founded | 19 April 1960 |
Preceded by | Ovamboland People's Organization |
Headquarters | Erf 2464 Hans-Dietrich Genscher Street Katutura Windhoek Khomas Region |
Newspaper | Namibia Today (1960-2015) |
Think tank | SWAPO Think Tank |
Youth wing | SWAPO Party Youth League |
Women's wing | SWAPO Women's Council |
Elder's wing | SWAPO Elder’s Council |
Paramilitary wing | People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) (integrated into Namibian Defence Force) |
Ideology | Since 2017: Socialism with Namibian characteristics[1][2][3] Independence until 2017: Social democracy[4][5] Statism[6] Pre-independence: Socialism[4] Marxism–Leninism[7] |
Political position | Left-wing |
International affiliation | Socialist International |
African affiliation | Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa |
Seats in the National Assembly | 63 / 96 |
Seats in the National Council | 28 / 42 |
Regional Councillors | 88 / 121 |
Local Councillors | 277 / 378 |
Pan-African Parliament | 4 / 5 |
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The South West Africa People’s Organisation (/ˈswɑːpoʊ/, SWAPO; Afrikaans: Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie, SWAVO; German: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia is a political party in Namibia. It has been the most powerful party in the country since the country became independent from South Africa in 1990. It was a former independence and populist movement in South West Africa and was one of the main groups fighting in the South African Border War.
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