Abraham Iyambo is a Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

n politician. A member of SWAPO, Iyambo has been a member of the National Assembly

National Assembly of Namibia

The National Assembly of Namibia is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament. It has a total of 78 members. 72 members are directly elected through a system of party-list proportional representation and serve five-year terms. Six additional members are appointed by the President.The...

 since 1995 and is the Minister of Education.

Education

Iyambo studied for four years (1982-1985) in Havana

Havana

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, Cuba

Cuba

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. In 1985, he left for the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, where he took an access course in food studies

Food studies

The term food studies describes the critical examination of food and its contexts within science, art, history, society, and other fields. It is distinctive from other food-related areas of study such as nutrition, agriculture, gastronomy, and culinary arts in that it tends to look beyond the mere...

 at South London College. Upon completion of the access course, he began studying towards his BSc in food studies from University of Surrey

University of Surrey

The University of Surrey is a university located within the county town of Guildford, Surrey in the South East of England. It received its charter on 9 September 1966, and was previously situated near Battersea Park in south-west London. The institution was known as Battersea College of Technology...

, from where he graduated from in 1990. From 1991-1994, he continued at Surrey towards a Ph.D., which he received in 1994.

Career

The following year, 1995, he returned to Namibia and was appointed to the National Assembly as a non-voting member. He was also appointed Deputy Minister of the Fisheries and Marine Resources. He lasted in that position until his promotion as head of the ministry in 1997. His term as Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources came to an end on 21 March 2010, when he was appointed Minister of Education.