Andreas Shipanga
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1931 – 2012
Who was Andreas Shipanga?
Andreas Zack Shipanga was a Namibian politician known for the "Shipanga Rebellion", a movement within SWAPO that sought to elect a new leadership and whose followers were in response detained without trial. Imprisoned for two years following this fall-out, Shipanga was arrested and held in detention in Zambia then Tanzania until 1978. After his release from prison he founded the opposing SWAPO Democrats and served as minister in different portfolios in the Transitional Government of National Unity, the interim government of South-West Africa directly before Namibian independence.
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- Born
- Oct 26, 1931
Namibia - Also known as
- Шипанга, Андреас
- Spouses
- Died
- May 10, 2012
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on July 23, 2013
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