1. Peya Mushelenga is broadly educated, holding fourteen academic qualifications from seven different universities.
11 Facts About Peya Mushelenga
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Peya Mushelenga has served cabinet in several ministerial roles and last served as a Minister of International Relations and Cooperation from 9 February 2024 to 21 March 2025.
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Peya Mushelenga was born at Oshigambo in the Oshikoto Region of northern Namibia.
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Peya Mushelenga attended Oluno Senior Secondary School until 1992 and then entered the University of Namibia.
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Peya Mushelenga has accumulated fourteen university degrees in his career; the New Era daily called him "Namibia's most avid scholar".
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Peya Mushelenga is an admitted legal practitioner of the High Court of Namibia.
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Peya Mushelenga then worked for Government until 1998, and thereafter joined NamPower.
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Peya Mushelenga became active in the Namibia National Students Organisation in the 1980s and eventually became a high-level organizer for the SWAPO Party Youth League, being elected to the Central Committee and National Executive of the SPYL in 1997 and 2002.
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Peya Mushelenga had recently led the big delegation of 250 SWAPO Party Youth League leaders to Sochi Russia, to attend the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students, the event organized by the World Federation of Democratic Youth WFDY and the Russian government.
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Peya Mushelenga became a member of Parliament of Namibia in 2005.
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On 21 March 2020, Peya Mushelenga was appointed minister of Information and Communication Technology.