Agnes Tjongarero | |
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Minister of Sport, Youth and National Service | |
Assumed office 21 March 2020 | |
Preceded by | Erastus Uutoni |
Deputy Minister of Sport,Youth and National Service | |
In office 2015 –21 March 2020 | |
Succeeded by | Emma Kantema-Gaomas |
Personal details | |
Born | Walvis Bay,South Africa (today Namibia) | 17 May 1946
Nationality | Namibian |
Political party | SWAPO |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Nurse,midwife |
Agnes Basilia Tjongarero (born 17 May 1946) is a Namibian politician.
Tjongarero was born on 17 May 1946 in Walvis Bay,South Africa (today Namibia). Between 1968 and 1975 she trained as nurse,midwife,nursing manager and nursing educator,and then worked as a lecturer at a nursing college until 1992. [1]
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