Fanuel Kozonguizi
Fanuel Jariretundu Kozonguizi (26 January 1932 - 1 February 1995) was a
member of Parliament and ombudsman. Kozonguizi was a founding member and first president of the South West African National Union
.
Biography
Kozonguizi was born in January 1932 in Windhoek Namibia and grew up in Warmbad in South Africa where he completed high school. He eventually earned his matric in 1953 and studied at Fort Hare, and Rhodes and University of Cape Town. He became a barrister and Inner Temple member in London in 1970.[1]
In 1954 he began his career as an activist in Namibia, working to support contract labourers returning to
Reverend Michael Scott, Mburumba Kerina, Hans Beukes, Markus Kooper, Sam Nujoma, Ismael Fortune, Jacob Kuhangua and Hosea Kutako.[2] In 1958 he succeeded Reverend Scott as Herero Chief's Council's permanent petitioner to the UN.[1]
In 1959, he was elected the first President of
Organization of African Unity.[2]
After serving as a lawyer in
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA). He was appointed into a position at the Office of the Administrator-General in 1980, becoming "the highest-ranking black Namibian in the colonial government."[1]
From 1980 until independence, Kozonguizi served in the
1st National Assembly of Namibia on a DTA ticket. He served as national ombudsman until his death in February 1995 at the age of 63.[2]
References
Notes
- ^ a b c d Tonchi, Lindeke & Grotpeter 2012, p. 218.
- ^ a b c Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, K". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
Literature
- Tonchi, Victor L; Lindeke, William A; Grotpeter, John J (2012). Historical Dictionary of Namibia. Historical Dictionaries of Africa, African historical dictionaries (2 ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810879904.
Further reading
- Matthew ǁGoaseb (2007) Triumph of courage: Profiles of Namibian political heroes and heroines. Legacy Publications, Windhoek
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