Helmut Angula
{{Short description|Namibian politician}}
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|office = Minister of Works and Transport
|term_start = 2008
|term_end = 2010
|predecessor = Joel Kaapanda
|successor = Erkki Nghimtina
|office1 = Director-general of the National Planning Commission
|term_start1 = 2005
|term_end1 = 2008
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|office2 = Minister of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development
|term_start2 = 1996
|term_end2 = 2005
|predecessor2 = Nangolo Mbumba
|successor2 = Nickey Iyambo
|office3 = Minister of Finance
|term_start3 = 1995
|term_end3 = 1996
|predecessor3 = Gert Hanekom
|successor3 = Nangolo Mbumba
|office4 = Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources
|term_start4 = 1991
|term_end4 = 1995
|predecessor4 = position established
|successor4 = Hifikepunye Pohamba
|office5 = Deputy minister of Mines and Energy
|term_start5 = 1990
|term_end5 = 1991
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|birth_place = South West Africa
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|nationality = {{flagicon|Namibia}} Namibian
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|alma_mater = Voronezh State University
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Helmut Pau Kangulohi Angula{{cite web | last=Bibliographien | first=Basler Afrika | title=The Two Thousand Days Of Haimbodi Ya Haufiku Download eBook Full – Best of Document | website=Best of Document – Download PDF Document | url=https://www.bestofdocument.com/pdf/the-two-thousand-days-of-haimbodi-ya-haufiku/ | access-date=19 October 2021 |format=pdf}} (born 11 November 1945) is a Namibian businessman, politician, former cabinet minister and writer. He is currently the director of various private companies after leaving government in 2010 and a longtime member of the central committee and the politburo of the ruling SWAPO party.
Biography
Angula was born in Ontananga, Oshikoto Region, and joined SWAPO in 1963, just three years after the movement's founding. Angula holds an M.Sc Degree from Voronezh State University in the USSR. During his time with SWAPO, Angula served as the deputy principal of the Health and Education Center in Nyango, Zambia, from 1975 to 1976 and then rose to director of the center until 1977. From 1977 to 1986, he was SWAPO's chief representative to Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, and from 1986 to 1989, he served as the SWAPO's permanent observer at the United Nations in New York and as the chief representative to North America.{{cite web | title=NID - Namibia Institute For Democracy | website=nid.org.na | date=11 June 2011 | url=http://www.nid.org.na/view_book_entry.php?book_id=19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611171306/http://www.nid.org.na/view_book_entry.php?book_id=19 | archive-date=11 June 2011 | url-status=dead | access-date=19 October 2021}}
He was elected to the National Assembly of Namibia in 1990. He was deputy minister of Mines and Energy from 1990 to 1991, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources from 1991 to 1995, Minister of Finance from 1995 to 1996, and Minister of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development from 1996 to 2004. In 2005, Angula was appointed director-general of the National Planning Commission, where he was responsible for negotiating the Namibia- US Millennium Challenge Account Agreement worth $380 million US and supported programs implemented by US/Namibian Governments in the education, environment, and agricultural sectors. He was also responsible for negotiating with the World Bank and the Education and Training Sector Improvement Programs "ETSIP" Agreement.
A vacancy on the SWAPO list in November 2007 opened up a seat in the National Assembly, and Angula was subsequently sworn in as a Member of Parliament again at the beginning of a parliamentary session on 22 November 2007.{{cite web | last=Namibian | first=The | title=Helmut Angula sworn in as an MP | website=The Namibian | date=19 October 2021 | url=https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=archive-read&id=37617 | access-date=19 October 2021}} In April 2008, he was appointed Minister of Works and Transport and held this position until March 2010. Since leaving the government, Angula has embarked on various business activities.
Angula is currently a member of SWAPO's central committee and politburo, and its secretary for the Department of Transportation.
Angula was not re-elected to the National Assembly in the November 2009 parliamentary election{{cite web | title=the Namibian: Who's in, who's out | website=namibian.com.na | date=10 December 2009 | url=http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2009/december/article/whos-in-whos-out | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091210201008/http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2009/december/article/whos-in-whos-out | archive-date=10 December 2009 | url-status=dead | access-date=19 October 2021}} and instead pursued a business career. On Heroes' Day 2014, he was conferred the Most Brilliant Order of the Sun, Second Class.{{Cite news|title=Namibians honoured by President|newspaper=New Era|date=28 August 2014|url=http://www.newera.com.na/2014/08/28/namibians-honoured-by-president/|access-date=29 August 2014|archive-date=29 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629064451/https://www.newera.com.na/2014/08/28/namibians-honoured-by-president/|url-status=dead}}
Writing
In 1988, he published "The Two Thousand Days of Haimbodi Ya Haufiku," an "autobiographical novel from Namibia." The novel was first published in German translation by Karl H. Heidtmann, based on the original English-language manuscript and reworked in collaboration with the author,{{cite web | title=DNB, Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek | website=d-nb.info | date=1 July 2021 | url=http://d-nb.info/881391670 | language=de | access-date=19 October 2021}} an edition in the original English followed in 1990.{{cite web | title=The two thousand days of Haimbodi ya Haufiku | website=Boston University Libraries | url=http://link.bu.edu/portal/The-two-thousand-days-of-Haimbodi-ya-Haufiku/Va5H0BswW7o/ | access-date=19 October 2021 | archive-date=9 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009131804/http://link.bu.edu/portal/The-two-thousand-days-of-Haimbodi-ya-Haufiku/Va5H0BswW7o/ | url-status=dead }}
Bibliography
- {{cite book | last=Angula | first=Helmut | title=Die zweitausend Tage des Haimbodi ya Haufiku -autobiograph. Roman aus Namibia | publisher=Informationsstelle Südl. Afrika | publication-place=Bonn | year=1988 | isbn=978-3-921614-18-1 | oclc=314048344 | language=de}}.
- {{cite book | last=Angula | first=Helmut | title=The two thousand days of Haimbodi ya Haufiku | publisher=Gamsberg Macmillan | publication-place=Windhoek, Namibia | year=1990 | isbn=978-0-86848-699-4 | oclc=27454272}}.
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Category:Politicians from Oshikoto Region
Category:Works and transport ministers of Namibia
Category:Agriculture ministers of Namibia
Category:Finance ministers of Namibia
Category:Fisheries ministers of Namibia
Category:Members of the 1st National Assembly of Namibia
Category:Members of the 2nd National Assembly of Namibia
Category:Members of the 3rd National Assembly of Namibia
Category:Members of the 4th National Assembly of Namibia
Category:Directors-general of the National Planning Commission of Namibia