Marco Hausiku Explained

Marco Hausiku
Office:Deputy secretary-general of SWAPO
Term Start:26 November 2017
Term End:26 August 2021
Primeminister:Saara Kuugongelwa
President:Hage Geingob
Predecessor:Laura McLeod-Katjirua
Office1:Deputy-Prime Minister of Namibia
Term Start1:21 March 2010
Term End1:21 March 2015
Primeminister1:Nahas Angula
Hage Geingob
President1:Hifikepunye Pohamba
Predecessor1:Libertina Amathila
Successor1:Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Office2:Minister of Foreign Affairs
President2:Sam Nujoma
Hifikepunye Pohamba
Primeminister2:Theo-Ben Gurirab
Nahas Angula
Term Start2:27 May 2004
Term End2:21 March 2010
Predecessor2:Hidipo Hamutenya
Successor2:Utoni Nujoma
Office3:Minister of Labour
President3:Sam Nujoma
Primeminister3:Theo-Ben Gurirab
Term Start3:27 August 2002
Term End3:27 May 2004
Predecessor3:Andimba Toivo ya Toivo
Successor3:Marlene Mungunda
Office4:Minister of Prisons and Correctional Services
President4:Sam Nujoma
Primeminister4:Hage Geingob
Term Start4:1995
Term End4:27 August 2002
Predecessor4:position established
Successor4:Andimba Toivo ya Toivo
Office5:Minister of Works, Transport and Communication
President5:Sam Nujoma
Primeminister5:Hage Geingob
Term Start5:1992
Term End5:1995
Predecessor5:Richard Kapelwa Kabajani
Successor5:Hampie Plichta
Office6:Minister of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation
President6:Sam Nujoma
Primeminister6:Hage Geingob
Term Start6:21 March 1990
Term End6:1992
Predecessor6:position established
Successor6:Richard Kapelwa Kabajani
Birth Date:25 November 1953
Birth Place:Kapako, Okavango Region, South West Africa
Party:SWAPO

Marco Mukoso Hausiku (25 November 1953 – 26 August 2021) was a Namibian politician who was Deputy-Prime Minister of Namibia from 2010 to 2015.[1]

Previously he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2010. In 2017 he was elected deputy secretary general of the Swapo Party at the party's 6th congress.

Life and career

Hausiku was born on 25 November 1953 in Kapako, Okavango Region (now Kavango West).[2] Immediately prior to independence, Hausiku was a SWAPO delegate to the Constituent Assembly which was in place from November 1989 to March 1990,[3] and since 1990 he has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia. He served as Minister of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation from 1990 to 1992, as Minister of Works, Transport and Communication from 1992 to March 1995 and as Minister of Prisons and Correctional Services from March 1995 to August 2002.[2] [4] He was appointed Minister of Labour on 27 August 2002,[2] [5] and after nearly two years in that position he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by president Sam Nujoma on 27 May 2004. This appointment followed Nujoma's dismissal of the previous foreign minister, Hidipo Hamutenya, in the midst of a struggle within SWAPO regarding the nomination of a presidential candidate.[6]

Hausiku received the 16th highest number of votes, 345, in the election to the central committee of SWAPO at the party's August 2002 congress.[7] He was SWAPO's Secretary for External Relations as of January 2008.[8]

Amidst a push for new faces in the National Assembly, Hausiku opted not to seek a spot on the SWAPO list for the 2014 election.[9] After leaving parliament, he was designated as rector of the Swapo Party School, which was launched in May 2016. He was intended to serve as rector in an interim capacity for the school's first year.[10] [11]

Death

Haufiku died on 26 August 2021 aged 68, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Namibia,[12] from post-COVID-19 complications.[13] He was buried at Heroes' Acre outside Windhoek on 11 September.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Deputy Prime Ministers . OPM - Office of the Prime Minister of Namibia.
  2. https://www.parliament.na/dt_team/hausiku-marco/ Profile at Namibian Parliament website
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20030820180107/http://www.parliament.gov.na/ims/pub/getindivs.asp?e=65&en=Constituent+Assembly+of+Namibia+November+1989+-+March+1990 List of members of the Constituent Assembly
  4. http://people.africadatabase.org/en/person/5209.html Entry at the Contemporary Africa Database
  5. "Aug 2002 - Namibia", Keesing's Record of World Events, volume 48, August 2002, Namibia, page 44,924.
  6. http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/nujoma-appoints-new-foreign-minister-1.213713#.Ur2tHfsSNzA "Nujoma appoints new foreign minister"
  7. https://www.namibian.com.na/archive19982004/2002/August/news/027EBA9751.html "The ruling party's new Central Committee"
  8. Christof Maletsky, "Surprise changes in Swapo", The Namibian, 29 January 2008.
  9. http://www.newera.com.na/2014/09/02/spyl-hails-swapo-list/ "SPYL hails Swapo list"
  10. Tuyeimo Haidula, "Hausiku back in limelight ... former deputy prime minister appointed interim Swapo school rector", The Namibian, 24 May 2016, p.1
  11. https://neweralive.na/posts/dont-doubt-swapo-school-geingob "Don’t doubt Swapo School – Geingob"
  12. News: Swapo deputy SG Hausiku dies . Iikela . Sakeus . . 26 August 2021 . 6 July 2022 . 6 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220706094315/https://www.namibian.com.na/6212798/archive-read/Swapo-deputy-SG-Hausiku-dies . dead .
  13. News: Namibia mourns Marco Hausiku . Muyamba . John . . 30 August 2021.
  14. News: I don't want to claim Swapo members - Venaani . Iikela . Sakeus . . 10 September 2021 . 6 July 2022 . 6 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220706094408/https://www.namibian.com.na/6213226/archive-read/I-dont-want-to-claim-Swapo-members---Venaani . dead .