Benjamin Ulenga (born Benjamin Uulenga Uulenga on June 22, 1952[1]) is a Namibian trade unionist, politician, and diplomat. In the 1990s, he served under the SWAPO government as a deputy minister and as an ambassador, but he left SWAPO in 1998 and founded an opposition party, the Congress of Democrats (CoD), in 1999. He was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia from 2000 to 2015 and led the CoD until 2015.
^Profile of Ulenga on Namibian Parliament website[permanent dead link].
Benjamin Ulenga (born Benjamin Uulenga Uulenga on June 22, 1952) is a Namibian trade unionist, politician, and diplomat. In the 1990s, he served under...
opposition party without representation in the National Assembly and led by BenUlenga. It was established in 1999, prior to that year's general elections, and...
ruling South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) until he alongside BenUlenga, Ignatius Shixwameni and others left SWAPO to form CoD in 1999. He was...
turnout with 76.82%. Second was BenUlenga from the Congress of Democrats (COD), that won 10.49% of the votes. BenUlenga is a former SWAPO member and Deputy...
Hifikepunye Pohamba of SWAPO. Pohamba won with 3764 (96%) votes, with BenUlenga of the Congress of Democrats receiving 82 (2%) of the constituency's votes...
Hifikepunye Pohamba (SWAPO). Pohamba won with 3776 (72%) votes, followed by BenUlenga of the Congress of Democrats, who received 480 (9%) votes, Henk Mudge...
Pohamba of SWAPO with a narrow majority of the votes (52%), following by BenUlenga of Congress of Democrats (21%) and Katuutire Kaura of the Democratic Turnhalle...
percentage as he did nationally. However, the constituency voted strongly for BenUlenga of the Congress of Democrats (CoD), who received 1299 (17%) votes, which...
Shixwameni All People's Party 7,266 0.82 Usutuaije Maamberua SWANU 5,028 0.56 BenUlenga Congress of Democrats 3,518 0.39 Jan Mukwilongo Namibian Economic Freedom...
Tsheehama (1941–2010) BenUlenga Buddy Wentworth (1937–2014) Anton von Wietersheim Hendrik Witbooi (1934–2009) Siegfried Wohler Ben Africa Leonard Barnes...
SWAPO supporters in the Kavango Region singing songs about how he and BenUlenga (the COD presidential candidate) would be arrested and have their heads...
Witbooi, Danny Tjongarero, Niko Bessinger, Anton Lubowski, John Pandeni and BenUlenga) who were detained by the South African Authorities in terms of the Terrorism...
various functions. When she was chosen by President Sam Nujoma to replace BenUlenga in the National Assembly and as Deputy Minister of Local and Regional...
Development John Pandeni, Deputy Minister of Labour Petrus Iilonga, CoD leader BenUlenga, Minister of Works Transport and Communication Joel Kaapanda and numerous...
fighter who did not waver", while opposition leaders Katuutire Kaura, BenUlenga, and Ignatius Shixwameni also gave positive personal assessments of Shihepo...
community development officer. In the same year BenUlenga was released from Robben Island prison. Namises and Ulenga met and became a couple soon thereafter...
(appointed by the president) Reggie Diergaardt (appointed by the president) BenUlenga Nora Schimming-Chase Tsudao Gurirab Elma Dienda Kalla Gertze Katuutire...
(2016) and Black Panther (2018), Rafiki in The Lion King (2019) and Colonel Ulenga in the Netflix films Murder Mystery (2019) and Murder Mystery 2 (2023)....
president from 1987-1991 Peter Naholo, secretary general from 1993-2001 BenUlenga, founder of MUN Rudolf Isaaks 1996 A people united shall never be defeated...
Henk Mudge (resigned in 2011) Clara Gowases; (replaced Mudge in 2011) BenUlenga Usutuaije Maamberua The following people were non-voting members of the...
Toivo Willem Konjore Pashukeni Shoombe () Ben Amathila Zephania Kameeta Saara Kuugongelwa Rusa Nghidinwa BenUlenga Ignatius Shixwameni Tsudao Gurirab Rosa...
secretary of the Women Democrats Party. In 2007, she opposed the election of BenUlenga as party president. Dienda led a drive in the National Assembly which...
other committee members were expelled by a faction of the party led by BenUlenga. She joined up with the faction led by Ignatius Shixwameni and formed...
Daniel Tjongarero John Shaetonhodi Hadino Hishongwa Michaela Hübschle BenUlenga Jesaja N Nyamu Klaus Dierks Nico Bessinger Anna Bayer Willem Biwa (resigned...
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