Solomon Huwala Explained

Solomon Hawala

Birth Name:

Dumeni Solomon Hawala

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Lieutenant General

Birth Place:

Namibia

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Office1:	Head of the Namibian Defence Force
Term Start1:	2000
Term End1:	October 2006
Status1:	Retired
Office2:	Army Commander of the Namibian Defence Force
Term Start2:	1990
Term End2:	2000
Predecessor2:	Dimo Hamaambo
Successor2:	Martin Shalli

Dumeni Solomon "Jesus" Hawala is a former Namibian lieutenant general. Hawala was the deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia before independence. He earned the nickname "Butcher of Lubango" for allegedly running detainee camps of SWAPO opponents in the southern Angolan city of Lubango during the Namibian War of Independence.^[1] ^[2] Upon independence in 1990, Hawala was appointed as Army Commander in the Namibian Defence Force (NDF). In 2000 he replaced Dimo Hamaambo as head of the NDF. He retired in October 2006 and was replaced by Martin Shalli.^[3]

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