Longinus Iipumbu Explained

Longinus Iipumbu
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Member of the National Assembly of Namibia
Term Start:20 March 2020
Office1:National Coordinator of the Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters
President1:Epafras Mukwiilongo
Term Start1:24 June 2014
Predecessor1:Position established
Birthname:Longinus Kalimbo Iipumbu
Nationality:Namibian
Party:Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters
Occupation:Member of Parliament
Profession:Politician

Longinus Kalimbo Iipumbu is a Namibian politician who has been serving as a Member of the National Assembly of Namibia for the Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters since 2020. He is the party's national coordinator and chief whip in parliament. Iipumbu was the youth leader of the Congress of Democrats.[1]

Political career

Iipumbu joined the Congress of Democrats at a young age and was elected the party's youth leader. He was suspended as youth leader in 2010 on allegations of financial mismanagement and consequently left the party.[2] He later joined the Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters in June 2014. He was appointed its inaugural national coordinator, the second-highest position in the party.[3] The NEFF is similar to the South African Economic Freedom Fighters in its economic policies, yet differ on social ideologies.[4] The party failed to win any parliamentary representation in that year's general election.[5]

In the 2019 general election, the party won two seats in the National Assembly.[6] [7] Iipumbu and party leader Epafras Mukwiilongo filled the seats in March 2020. Mukwiilongo appointed him as the chief whip of the party.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Muraranganda . Elvis . NEFF puts gloves on for 2020 . 28 May 2020 . CND News . 10 December 2019.
  2. News: Namibia: Young Democrats' Iipumbu Suspended . 28 May 2020 . All Africa . 29 July 2010.
  3. News: Malema inspires Namibian EFF, NEFF . 28 May 2020 . TimesLIVE . 25 June 2014.
  4. News: EFF’s ‘giant’ twin born in Namibia . 28 May 2020 . IOL . 25 June 2014.
  5. News: Election defeat an embarrassment – NEFF . 28 May 2020 . The Namibian . 9 December 2014.
  6. News: Head . Tom . Going global: How the EFF just gained two seats in Namibia’s Parliament . 28 May 2020 . The South African . 2 December 2019.
  7. News: Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters gain two parliamentary seats . 28 May 2020 . The Citizen . 2 December 2019.