Honourable Alexia Manombe-Ncube | |
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Deputy minister of Disability Affairs | |
In office 21 March 2015 –21 March 2025 | |
President | Hage Geingob |
Prime Minister | Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila |
Preceded by | Position established |
Personal details | |
Born | 7 December 1964 Kalkfeld |
Alexia Turimei Manombe-Ncube (born 7 December 1964) is a Namibian politician. She was a deputy minister of Disability Affairs 21 March 2015 to 21 March 2025.
Manombe-Ncube was born Alexia Muningirua [1] on 7 December 1964 in Kalkfeld,South West Africa (today the Otjozondjupa region of Namibia). She obtained a diploma in community-based social development from Coady International Institute in Antigonish,Canada and between 1990 and 2005 was employed at the Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services. [2]
Manombe-Ncube became been a non-voting SWAPO member of Parliament in 2005 when president Hifikepunye Pohamba chose her as one of his six appointees. At that time,she was the first disabled Namibian parliamentarian. [3] In March 2015 she was appointed deputy minister of Disability Affairs,a portfolio under the Minister of Presidential Affairs. [4]
Manombe-Ncube obtained a B.A. in psychology from the University of Namibia in 2020. [3] She was married to Zimbabwean disability rights activist Jabulani Manombe-Ncube who committed suicide in 2012. She resides in Windhoek 's Khomasdal suburb. [5]