Tangeni Iijambo

{{Short description|Namibian politician of SWANU party}}

Tangeni Iijambo (born 24 November 1954) is a Namibian politician and academic. He was president of the South West Africa National Union (SWANU) from 2017 to 2022, and SWANU member of parliament from 2018 to 2023.{{Cite news | title=Discontent surfaces in Swanu | last=Kooper | first=Lugeretzia | newspaper=The Namibian | publisher=allafrica.com | date=30 January 2019 | page=5 | url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201901300607.html | url-access=subscription}}{{Cite web | title=Tangeni, Cornelius Iijambo (Withdrawn) | publisher = Parliament of Namibia | accessdate=1 December 2024 | url=https://www.parliament.na/dt_team/iijambo-tangeni/}}

Iiyambo ran as presidential candidate in the 2019 Namibian general election. He only gathered 0.7% of the popular vote and occupied the sole seat in parliament that SWANU won.{{cite news | url=https://www.namibian.com.na/reduced-victory-swapo-geingob-drop-votes/ | newspaper=The Namibian | title = Reduced victory ... Swapo, Geingob drop votes | last=Iikela | first=Sakeus | date=2 December 2019 | page=1}} After Evilastus Kaaronda took over the SWANU presidency from him in 2022, the party decided that he should serve out his term in parliament.{{Cite news | title=Evalistus Kaaronda new SWANU of Namibia president | newspaper=NBC | year=2022 | url=https://www.nbcnews.na/news/evalistus-kaaronda-new-swanu-namibia-president.57507}} However, in March 2023 SWANU withdrew Iijambo from parliament and installed Kaaronda.{{Cite news | title=Iijambo ponders future after parliament | newspaper=The Namibian | date=28 March 2023 | url=https://www.namibian.com.na/121074/read/Iijambo-ponders-future-after-parliament}}