Lempy Lucas

Lempy Lucas, also: Lukas, (born 7 November 1961 in Eendombe, Omusati Region) is a Namibian politician.[1] A member of the National Assembly from 2000 until 2015, Lucas is a member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). She has held a number of deputy minister positions in Namibia's government between 2004 and 2015. She also was a SWAPO Party Youth League activist.

The Honourable
Lempy Lucas
MP
Lucas, far left
Deputy minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry
In office
4 December 2012 – 21 March 2015
Preceded byPetrus Iilonga
Succeeded byTheo Diergaardt,
Anna Shiweda
Deputy minister of Defence
In office
21 March 2010 – 4 December 2012
Succeeded byPetrus Iilonga
Deputy minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
2004 – 21 March 2010
Preceded byKaire Mbuende
Personal details
Born (1961-11-07) 7 November 1961
Eendombe, Omusati Region
NationalityNamibian
Political party SWAPO
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionClerk

Career

Lucas joined SWAPO in 1979 and fled shortly thereafter to Angola, where she studied. In 1982, she earned a diploma in youth administration from East Germany. She then returned to Angola in the mid-1980s, where she worked as an administrator at the SWAPO health and education centre at Kwanza-Sul. In 1986 she was reassigned to Luanda, where she worked in the SWAPO headquarters until independence in 1989. From 1990 to 2002, Lucas served as an important figure in the SWAPO Party Youth League.[2] In 1997, she joined the SWAPO central committee. In 2004, she was appointed to the position of deputy foreign minister. She was then a resident of Ohangwena Region.[3]

Following the 2009 parliamentary elections, Lucas was redeployed as deputy minister of Defence. In the Cabinet reshuffle following the fifth SWAPO congress in 2012, Lucas swapped positions with Petrus Iilonga and became the deputy minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry.[4]

In the 2014 parliamentary elections, Lucas did not gain a seat in parliament.[5] Her portfolio of deputy minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry was split and taken over by Theo Diergaardt and Anna Shiweda.[6]

References
  1. Profile at www.parliament.na
  2. President names new Ministers The Namibian, 28 May 2004
  3. Lempy Lucas Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine at Namibia Institute for Democracy
  4. Shipanga, Selma; Immanuel, Shinovene (5 December 2012). "Transition team picked". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012.
  5. "All Members". Parliament of Namibia. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  6. "Deputy ministers announced". New Era. 20 March 2015.
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