bia in September 1989 to lead SWAPO to victory in the UN-supervised elections that paved the way for independence. The Constituent Assembly, elected in November 1989, chose him as Namibia's first president. Nujoma was sworn in on March 21, 1990, in the presence of <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Perez_de_Cuellar" title="Javier Perez de Cuellar" class="mw-redirect">Javier Perez de Cuellar</a>, Secretary General of the UN, <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_de_Klerk" title="Frederik de Klerk" c