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Namibian politician (born 1953)
Eric Biwa
Personal details
Born (1953-05-08) 8 May 1953 (age 71)
Vaalgras, ǁKaras Region
NationalityNamibian
Political partyPatriotic Unity Movement (PUM)
ResidenceNamibia

Eric Biwa (born 8 May 1953 in Vaalgras, ǁKaras Region) is a former Namibian politician with the Patriotic Unity Movement (PUM), a party which was a member of the United Democratic Front (UDF).

Pre-independence

A former combatant in the Namibian War of Independence with SWAPO's armed wing, Biwa was one of many alleged spies detained near Lubango, Angola in the 1980s. Biwa founded the PUM in July 1989 ahead of the 1989 elections and immediately led the party into the UDF alliance. Biwa was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia from its founding as the Constituent Assembly prior to independence in 1989 until his resignation in 2003. He was replaced by Gustaphine Tjombe.

References

  1. Elections 2009 - UDF, the Undying Old Hors New Era via AllAfrica.com, 28 September 2009.
  2. Namibia's Wall of Silence Archived 2016-05-06 at the Wayback Machine review by Lauren Dobell, Southern Africa Report, July 1996
  3. Chronology: 1989 KlausDierks.com
  4. Gustaphine Tjombe Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine Namibia Institute for Democracy, 2008


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