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Pohamba Shifeta

Politician

Pohamba Shifeta is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Pohamba Shifeta · Shifeta Penomwenyo Pohamba · ポハンバ・シフェタ				[sources]
Other name	Pohamba Penomwenyo Shifeta · Pohamba Shifeta · ポハンバ・シフェタ				[sources]
Birth date	1968-03-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Ongenga Constituency				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Namibia				[sources]
Country	Namibia				[sources]
Citizenship	Namibia				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7207751				[sources]
Position	Member of the National Assembly of Namibia · Minister of Environment and Tourism (2015-) · National Assembly (member, 2005-2010) · National Assembly (member, 2010-2015)				[sources]
Education	University of Namibia				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Namibian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National Assembly	2010-03-19	2015-03-19
Member of the National Assembly

Data sources

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-namibia-pohamba-shifeta-minister-of-environment-tourism · evpo-4db4b7a7-0369-48e6-8ff5-10e92a36a00a

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