Bernadus Swartbooi | |
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Leader of the Landless People's Movement | |
Assumed office 16 June 2018 | |
Deputy Minister of Land Reform | |
In office 21 September 2015 – 4 December 2016 | |
President | Hage Geingob |
Prime Minister | Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila |
Succeeded by | Priscilla Merjam Boois |
Governor of ǁKaras Region | |
In office 2010–2015 | |
President | Hifikepunye Pohamba |
Prime Minister | Hage Geingob |
Succeeded by | Lucia Basson |
Personal details | |
Born | Tses, South West Africa (now Namibia) | 11 October 1977
Political party | LPM (since 2017) SWAPO (until 2017) |
Spouse | Moetie Swartbooi |
Alma mater | University of Namibia |
Bernadus Clinton Swartbooi (born 11 October 1977) is a Namibian politician.
Swartbooi was governor of ǁKaras Region before being appointed as Namibia's deputy Minister of Land Reform in 2015 by President Hage Geingob, a position he subsequently was forced to resign from in January 2017.[1][2] On 27 July 2017, Swartbooi was removed from Parliament and resigned from SWAPO. In 2016 he formed the Landless People's Movement.