List of mayors of Windhoek

The city of Windhoek, the capital of South West Africa and later Namibia, was officially founded on 18 October 1890 by Curt Karl Bruno von François, an Imperial German Colonial Official in the Schutztruppe.[1] Its purpose was to serve as the capital of German South West Africa. Since its establishment, the city has had 49 different mayors, with the first one assuming office in 1909.[2]

List of Mayors

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German Colonial Administration (1894–1915)

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South African Mandate (1915–1966)

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South African Occupation (1966–1990)

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Independent Namibia (1990–present)

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See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, V". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Mayors – running the Capital City". Namibian Sun. 11 July 2011. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, M". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  4. ^ Dornseif, Golf. "Windhuks wild bewegte Pionierzeiten" [Windhuk's wild pioneer days] (PDF) (in German). golf-dornseif.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  5. ^ Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, W". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, S". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  7. ^ "New Glitter Trappings for Trepper". Namibian Sun. 8 July 2011.
  8. ^ Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, F". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  9. ^ Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, I". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  10. ^ "Dank an den Bürgermeister" [Thanks to the mayor]. Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 2015 reprint. 18 November 1965.
  11. ^ Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, K". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  12. ^ Vatileni, Eino; Ndeyanale, Eliaser; Iileka, Sakeus (22 December 2021). "'Progressive nationalist' Von Finckenstein remembered". The Namibian. p. 5.
  13. ^ Matheus Shikongo Archived 11 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Namibia Institute for Democracy
  14. ^ First black female mayor of Windhoek Archived 4 September 2012 at archive.today New Era, 7 December 2010
  15. ^ Jason, Loide (27 November 2012). "Windhoek elects new mayor". New Era. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Alt URL
  16. ^ "Know Your Governors. Muesee Kazapua". New Era. 4 October 2016. p. 6.
  17. ^ Ikela, Selma (18 December 2019). "Fransina Kahungu: From classroom to mayor". New Era Live. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  18. ^ Tjitemisa, Kuzeeko (3 December 2020). "Job's mayoral dream comes true". New Era Live. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

Literature

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  • Brenda Bravenboer: Windhoek – Capital of Namibia. Gamsberg-Macmillan, Windhoek 2004.
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