Abraham Iyambo was a member of both the central committee and political bureau of the SWAPO Party and the chairperson of its think tank.
14 Facts About Abraham Iyambo
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Abraham Iyambo was born at Oniimwandi on 2 February 1961 in the Oshana Region of northern Namibia, as the fourth of ten children of Helena Gabriel and Agapitus Abraham Iyambo.
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Abraham Iyambo attended Okata Primary School at his birth village and Canisianum Roman Catholic Private School at Outapi for secondary education.
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Abraham Iyambo then went into exile and studied Food Chemistry for four years in Havana, Cuba.
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In 1994, Abraham Iyambo worked as a consultant for the Food and Agriculture Organization on the work of the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Abraham Iyambo worked as a GTZ consultant for the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources and for the Ministry of Education.
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Abraham Iyambo was a member of both the central committee and political bureau of the SWAPO Party and the chairperson of its think tank.
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Abraham Iyambo was Namibia's commissioner-general for Expo 1998 held in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Abraham Iyambo was the chairman of SADC ministers responsible for fisheries from 1997 to 1999.
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Abraham Iyambo was a member of the International Task Force responsible for the fight of global Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.
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Abraham Iyambo had health problems related to high blood pressure for some years.
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Abraham Iyambo died from a stroke on his 52nd birthday while on business travel in London, United Kingdom, on 2 February 2013.
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Abraham Iyambo received a state burial where a 17-gunsalute was fired.
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Abraham Iyambo is named after a primary school in Windhoek's Moses Garoeb Constituency, Dr Abraham Iyambo Primary School.