Hifikepunye Pohamba

Also known as Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba

Namibian politician

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Two decades of inter-governmental collaboration: Three developing countries on the move towards ecosystem-based governance in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem
· 2016 · cited 10x
Molecular Docking and Three‐Dimensional Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationships for Antitubercular Pyrimidine Derivatives
· 2021 · cited 5x
Production of a Namibian Oshikundu Fermented Beverage Prototype using Lactobacillus Plantarum Nrrl-B-4496 and Saccharomyces Cerevisiae (Safeale S-33)
· cited 1x
Two decades of inter-governmental collaboration: Three developing countries on the move towards ecosystem-based governance in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem
· 2016
Stalk borer on maize.
· 2024

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Prime minister

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Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born 18 August 1935) is a Namibian politician who served as the second president of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March 2015. He won the 2004 presidential election overwhelmingly as the candidate of SWAPO and was reelected in 2009. Pohamba was the president of SWAPO from 2007 until his retirement in 2015. He is a recipient of the Ibrahim Prize.

Before his presidency, Pohamba served in various ministerial positions, beginning with Namibia's independence in 1990. He was Minister of Home Affairs from 1990 to 1995, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources from 1995 to 1997, Minister without portfolio from 1997 to 2000, and Minister of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation from 2001 to 2005. He was also secretary-general of SWAPO from 1997 to 2002 and vice-president of SWAPO from 2002 to 2007.