Hifikepunye pohamba penehupifo pohamba biography

Namibian nurse, politician and former First Lady of Namibia

Penehupifo "Penny" Pohamba (born 16 June ) is a Namibian nurse and politician who was the second First Lady of Namibia while her husband, Hifikepunye Pohamba, was President of Namibia from to ^[1]

Early life

Pohamba was born in Okatale in Ohangwena Region, in the constituency of Oshikango close to the borders of Angola.

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Penehupifo Pohamba has been First Lady of Namibia since her husband President Hifikepunye Pohamba took office in March Penehupifo was born in Okatale.

President Pohamba was awarded the Ibrahim Prize for his role in forging national cohesion and reconciliation at a key stage of Namibia's consolidation.

Pohamba attended her primary and secondary school at Odibo with Jeremiah Nambinga and Joel Kaapanda. She was a school teacher at St George's Diocesan School in Windhoek.

Political career

Pohamba is a member of SWAPO.

She married Malakias Shiluwa at St Mary's Odibo in , and they have one son, Waldheim Shiluwa (born ). In , she left Namibia via Angola and headed to Zambia.

President of the Republic of Namibia.

After a few months in Zambia, Pohamba was sent to Tanzania for medical training. She also received military training and worked in the camps where the refugees from Namibia were housed. She was then