Tjekero Tweya 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 and trade unionist. A member of SWAPO, Tweya has been the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry in the cabinet since appointment in 2010. Prior to entering the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Tweya was the Deputy Minister of Finance from 2005-2010. In 1993, he became President of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), which is the national trade union center

National trade union center

A national trade union center is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a single country. Nearly every country in the world has a national trade union center, and many have more than one. When there is more than one national center, it is often because of ideological differences—in some...

 of Namibia.

Career

In 1985, Tweya helped to found and was chairperson of the Namibia National Students Organisation

Namibia National Students Organisation

The Namibia National Students Organisation was founded in 1984 as non-racial, democratic and independent student organisation. Since its formation the organisation has been organizing from the basic understanding that there is a need for students, together with other strata of our society, to make...

 (NANSO).

Education

Tweya has received certificates from both University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...

 (1992) and Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 (1993). In 2003, he earned a bachelor's in education from the University of Namibia

University of Namibia

The University of Namibia is the national university of Namibia, located in the Pioneers Park district of Windhoek. Established by an act of National Assembly on 31 August 1992, UNAM includes Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics & Management Science Education, Humanities and...

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