Bernadus Swartbooi
Bernadus Swartbooi | |
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Swartbooi in 2018 | |
| Leader of the Landless People's Movement | |
| Assumed office 16 June 2018 | |
| Deputy Minister of Land Reform | |
| In office 21 September 2015 – 4 December 2016 | |
| President | Hage Geingob |
| Prime Minister | Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila |
| Succeeded by | Priscilla Merjam Boois |
| Governor of ǁKaras Region | |
| In office 2010–2015 | |
| President | Hifikepunye Pohamba |
| Prime Minister | Hage Geingob |
| Succeeded by | Lucia Basson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 October 1977 Tses, South West Africa (now Namibia) |
| Political party | LPM (since 2017) SWAPO (until 2017) |
| Spouse | Moetie Swartbooi |
| Alma mater | University of Namibia |
Bernadus Clinton Swartbooi (born 11 October 1977) is a Namibian politician.
Swartbooi was governor of ǁKaras Region before being appointed as Namibia's deputy Minister of Land Reform in 2015 by the late President Dr. Hage Geingob, a position he subsequently was forced to resign from in January 2017. On 27 July 2017, Swartbooi was removed from Parliament and resigned from SWAPO. In 2016 he formed the Landless People's Movement.