tion,_1999" title="Namibian presidential election, 1999" class="mw-redirect">1999</a>, remaining in office until March 2005. He was President of SWAPO from its founding in 1960 until 2007.</p>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Early_life"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Early life</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Political_career"><span class="tocnumber">2</spa