Tuliameni Kalomoh
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George Tuliameni Kalomoh (born 18 February 1948) is a Namibian politician and diplomat. He is a former ambassador of SWAPO to India, ambassador of Namibia to the United States of America, assistant secretary-general in the United Nations, and deputy minister of foreign affairs.
Early years
Kalomoh was born at
Political activism
Following his expulsion from school, Kalomoh went to work as a time clerk for Metal Box Company in
On about 4 August 1971, Kalomoh joined thousands of students throughout the Northern region in a demonstration at the Ondangwa
His participation with thousands of SWAPO members at a demonstration in August 1973, led by
Exile
In 1975, Kalomoh was assigned to the office of the administrative secretary of
Return to Namibia
Pre-Independence
During Namibia's independence election campaign in 1989, Kalomoh was appointed senior advisor to the election director in the northern region, Mzee Kaukungwa based at Oshakati. He was also appointed chief counting agent for SWAPO during counting and tabulation of election results at Ongwediva. Since the northern region constituted an important SWAPO political power base the results from the Ongwediva counting center proved critical for the SWAPO victory in the 1989 elections.
Kalomoh graduated, with a Diploma from the Indian Academy of International Law and Diplomacy in New Delhi which he attended from 1986 to 1989.
Diplomatic career
From 1986 to 1990, Kalomoh was appointed first SWAPO ambassador to India with full diplomatic privileges and immunities when that country became the first to accord SWAPO full diplomatic status.
In his capacity of under-secretary for political and economic affairs Kalomoh accompanied prime minister
In 1991, he was appointed Namibia's first ambassador to the United States of America with concurrent accreditation as High Commissioner to Canada, until 1996. He was appointed special representative of United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan to Liberia in 1997. He organized the elections in Liberia, which ended the seven-year bloody civil conflict in that country. On completion of the Liberian mission, Kalomoh returned to his position of permanent secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From 1998 to 1999, Kalomoh led Namibia's delegation to peace talks on Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in Lusaka involving the DRC government, and the Rebel Movements on the one hand, the government of Rwanda and Uganda supporting the rebels and those of Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe supporting the government of DRC on the other hand. The talks culminated in the signing of the Lusaka Protocol of August 1999 which ushered in the peace process in DRC and the deployment of the UN peace-keeping force in 2000.
In 2002, Kalomoh was appointed by UN secretary-general Kofi Annan as assistant secretary-general in the Department of Political Affairs responsible for Africa and the
Political career
After independence Kalomoh was assigned to help establish the new Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed under-secretary for political and economic affairs. In 1996 he became the ministry's permanent secretary. In 1998, was appointed deputy minister of foreign affairs. Between 1999 and 2000, he became acting minister when Theo-Ben Gurirab was elected president of the United Nations General Assembly.[2]
In 2000 he became an voting member of parliament after being elected on SWAPO's party list. He served until 2002, also as deputy minister of foreign affairs, before taking up his UN assistant secretary-general assignment.[3][4]
Awards and recognition
In March 2008, Kalomoh was appointed special advisor on foreign affairs. On Heroes' Day 2014 he was conferred the Excellent Order of the Eagle, Second Class.[5]
References
- ^ Who's Who in Namibian Politics, p. 73 "NID – Namibia Institute for Democracy". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ "MIRCO bids Kalomoh farewell". New Era. 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Members of the National Assembly" (PDF). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 2261. Government of Namibia. 20 January 2000. pp. 3, 4.
- ^ "Kalomoh George Tuliameni". Parliament of Namibia. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ "Namibians honoured by President". New Era. 28 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2014.