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{{Short description|Namibian Politician}}{{distinguish|Adolf Hitler}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Adolf Hitler Uunona
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|12|3}}
| birth_place = South West Africa {{small|(now Namibia)}}
| nationality =
| citizenship = Namibia
| Office =
| occupation = Political activist and politician
| known_for = Sharing the same name as former Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler
| title = Councilor of the SWAPO
| term = Since 2004
| party = {{flagicon image|Flag of South West Africa People's Organisation.svg|size=23px}} SWAPO
| allegiance = People’s Liberation Army of Namibia
| president = Nangolo Mbumba (acting)
| vicepresident = Nangolo Mbumba
| primeminister = Saara Kuugongelwa
| constituency = Ompundja Constituency, Oshana Region, Republic of Namibia
| country = Namibia
| opponent = Mumbala Abner
| otherparty = {{flagicon image|Flag of MPLA.svg|size=23px}} MPLA
| website = https://oshanarc.gov.na/ompundja
| battles = South African Border War
}}
Adolf Hitler Uunona (born: December 3, 1965) is a Namibian former anti-apartheid activist, civil rights activist and politician. Uunona was elected as a councillor for the Ompundja Constituency in 2004, 2010, 2015,{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Staff |date=2015-12-07 |title=New Oshana councillors to serve on management committee |url=https://neweralive.na/oshana-councillors-serve-management-committee/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |language=en-US}} and on 26 November 2020. Uunona has been a councillor. He won with 85% of the vote, with 1,196 people voting for him.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-03 |title=Adolf Hitler, ganador en las elecciones locales de Namibia |url=https://es.euronews.com/2020/12/03/adolf-hitler-ganador-en-las-elecciones-locales-de-namibia |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=euronews |language=es}} He is a member of the South-West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO) since 2003.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-04 |title=Adolf Hitler gana las elecciones locales en Namibia |url=https://www.elmundo.es/f5/descubre/2020/12/04/5fca10fafc6c8326468b4671.html |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=ELMUNDO |language=es}}
Career
Uunona began his political career as an anti-apartheid activist in south-west Africa (now namibia){{Cite web |last=6medias2 |date=2020-12-03 |title=Un militant anti-apartheid nommé Adolf Hitler largement élu en Namibie |url=https://www.valeursactuelles.com/monde/un-militant-anti-apartheid-nomme-adolf-hitler-largement-elu-en-namibie |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Valeurs actuelles |language=fr-FR}} and as a member of SWAPO. He was also a member of the militant organization People's Liberation Army. At the time, South Africa had a segregation system which separated black and white people known as apartheid.{{Cite web |date=2018-05-02 |title=Despite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins {{!}} South African History Online |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502210959/http://www.sahistory.org.za/article/despite-1994-political-victory-against-apartheid-its-economic-legacy-persists-haydn-cornish- |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=web.archive.org}}
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File:Region Oshana in Namibia.png
He has been elected as a councillor several times since 2004 at the Ompundja Constituency in the Oshana regional council elections. In November 2020, he won a local election in northern Namibia with 1,196 votes, which was 85% of the vote. Uunona's name was printed as "Adolf H" on the ballot paper. His full name was revealed after the full results were released.{{Cite web |last=AS |first=TV 2 |date=2020-12-03 |title=Adolf Hitler vant valget i Namibia |url=https://www.tv2.no/nyheter/viral/adolf-hitler-vant-valget-i-namibia/11816265/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=TV 2 |language=nb-NO}}{{Cite news |last=Hassan |first=Jennifer |date=2020-12-03 |title=Man named Adolf Hitler Uunona wins election in Namibia, says he isn’t seeking ‘world domination’ |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/12/03/namibia-election-adolf-hitler-uunona/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} The other person in the election, Mumbala Abner of the IPC party got only 213 votes. Uunona continued to be the councillor of the Ompundja Constituency of Namibia.{{Cite news|date=2020-12-03|title=Namibia: Man named after Adolf Hitler wins local election|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55173605|access-date=2021-10-12|archive-date=2020-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203154512/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55173605|url-status=live}}
Name
{{See also|Hitler (name)}}
German names like "Adolf" are common in Namibia, in part because Namibia was a German colony called German South West Africa between 1884 and 1915 under the German Empire, and later a mandate of the Union of South Africa.
Adolf Hitler Uunona made world news after he was elected on December 3, 2020 for having the the same name as Adolf Hitler, the tyrant of Nazi Germany in World War II.{{Cite web|last=Ndeyanale|first=Eliaser|title=Adolf Hitler defends his name|url=https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=archive-read&id=206992|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-08|website=The Namibian|language=en|archive-date=2021-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007184941/https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=archive-read&id=206992}} However, he claimed he was never aware of the negative implications of his name until his teenage years.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-03 |title=Adolf Hitler gana elecciones en Namibia: “No trato de dominar el mundo” |url=https://www.independentespanol.com/noticias/elecciones-namibia-adolf-hitler-concejal-local-bild-b1765901.html |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Independent Español |language=es}} Uunona publicly distanced himself from his namesake, attributing this to his parents' ignorance at the time.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-05 |title=Freiheitskämpfer Adolf Hitler neuer Landrat: Was hinter der Namibia-Wahl steckt - FOCUS Online |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205021254/https://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/er-ist-zurueck-namibischer-distrikt-hat-gewaehlt-adolf-hitler-sitzt-nun-im-landrat_id_12730624.html |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=web.archive.org}}
In an interview with the German newspaper Bild: "It was a completely normal name for me as a child. It wasn't until I grew up that I realized: This man wanted to subjugate the whole world. I have nothing to do with any of these things [...] My father named me after this man. He probably didn't understand what Adolf Hitler stood for." he also jokingly added: "I'm not trying to take over the world."{{Cite web |date=2020-12-03 |title=Adolf Hitler in Namibia gewählt! Der Politiker heißt wirklich so |url=https://m.bild.de/politik/ausland/politik-ausland/politiker-heisst-wirklich-so-adolf-hitler-in-namibia-gewaehlt-74237610.bildMobile.html?t_ref=https://es.m.wikipedia.org/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=bild.de |language=de}}{{Cite web |title=Adolf Hitler elected in Namibia's local council elections - but has 'no plans for world domination' |url=https://news.sky.com/story/adolf-hitler-elected-in-namibias-local-council-elections-but-has-no-plans-for-world-domination-12150080 |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Sky News |language=en}} Uunona usually goes by the first name "Adolf" alone or "Adolf Uunona" while in public. He says he has no plans to change his name, since it is already on so many government documents.{{cite news |title=Adolf Hitler wins big in Namibia, says he has no plans for world domination |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/adolf-hitler-wins-namibia-election-7091546/ |accessdate=21 March 2023 |publisher=The Indian Express |date=6 December 2020}} Uunona is known to take his name light-heartedly, saying that he has no goals of "world domination."{{Cite web|last=Stickings|first=Tim|date=2020-12-03|title=Politician named after Adolf Hitler wins election in Namibia|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9013447/Politician-named-Adolf-Hitler-wins-election-Namibia.html|access-date=2023-12-24|website=Mail Online}}
Following the interview, Uunona has refused to speak further on the subject, claiming it is a distraction from his work.{{Cite journal |date=2020-12-04 |title=Namibian politician called Adolf Hitler wins election |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2020/1204/1182418-namibian-politician-called-adolf-hitler-wins-election/ |journal=RTÉ |language=en}} However, he soon expressed his annoyance at being called "the Adolf Hitler of Africa" by saying, "There's really no reason for us to be sitting here discussing my name. How will it contribute to the development of Namibia?"{{Cite web |date=2020-12-04 |title=Namibie : un élu régional s'appelle… Adolf Hitler |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/namibie-un-elu-regional-s-appelle-adolf-hitler-04-12-2020-2404147_23.php |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Le Point |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=2020-12-04 |title=Adolf Hitler élu à 84,88%... en Namibie |url=https://fr.euronews.com/2020/12/04/adolf-hitler-elu-a-84-88-en-namibie |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=euronews |language=fr}}
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