SWAPO Democrats
SWAPO Democrats | |
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| Abbreviation | SWAPO-D |
| President | Andreas Shipanga |
| Secretary-General | Ottilie Abrahams |
| Founded | 10 June 1978 |
| Dissolved | 1991 |
| Split from | SWAPO |
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The SWAPO Democrats, also known as SWAPO-D, was a political party formed from a break within the
South West Africa People's Organization in 1978. Formed in Sweden on 10 June 1978, the party was led by former leading SWAPO members Andreas Shipanga (President), Kenneth Abrahams, Ottilie Abrahams (Secretary-General), and Emil Appolus[1] in response to a major party split within SWAPO which resulted in the forced detention of Shipanga and Solomon Mfifma during the 1975-76 SWAPO crisis, also known as the "Shipanga Rebellion".[2]
SWAPO-D were generally seen by SWAPO as traitors and collaborators with the
1989 elections, SWAPO-D failed to win a seat, obtaining 3,161 votes and was disbanded in 1991.[4]
References
- ^ "Veteran Namibian politician Appolus dies". The Namibian. 30 May 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ ISBN 91-7106-448-6. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ Weinberg, Paul (March 1979). "The S.W.A. / Namibia Election" (PDF). Reality. 11 (2). University of KwaZulu-Natal: 6–7. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Liberation pioneer dies". The Namibian. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
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