Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Royal ǀUiǀoǀoo | |
Birth Date: | 30 September 1966 |
Birth Place: | Tsumkwe |
Party: | SWAPO |
Office: | Deputy Minister of Marginalised People |
Term Start: | 21 March 2015 |
President: | Hage Geingob |
Primeminister: | Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila |
Predecessor: | Nickey Iyambo |
Royal Johan Kxao ǀUiǀoǀoo (born 30 September 1966) is a Namibian politician who is serving in the cabinet of Namibia as deputy Minister of Marginalised People since March 2015.[1] He was a member of Parliament as a SWAPO backbencher between 2000 and 2010,[2] and after that a special advisor in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.[3]
ǀUiǀoǀoo was born on 30 September 1966 in Tsumkwe in the Otjozondjupa Region.[2] He grew up in Botswana. Between 1991 and 1997 he worked as a teacher at different schools. In 2000 he finished his matric at NamCOL and holds a certificate in Linguistic Studies in African Languages. he is enrolled at Unisa for a law degree.[4] [2]
ǀUiǀoǀoo is an ethnic ǃKung from Tsumkwe Juǀʼhoan-speaking community, for which he is also a senior traditional officer. At the time he became a parliamentarian in 2000, he was the youngest ever SWAPO MP. He also was the first and only San to serve in Parliament.[5]