List of mayors of Windhoek

The city of Windhoek, capital of Namibia, was officially founded on 18 October 1890 by Curt von François, an Imperial German colonial official in the Schutztruppe,[1] to serve as capital of German South-West Africa. Since then, the city had 49 different mayors, the first of them starting to serve in 1909.[2]

List of mayors

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German colonial administration (1894–1915)

South African mandate (1920–66)

South African occupation (1966–89)

Independent Namibia (1990–present)

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, V". www.klausdierks.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Mayors – running the Capital City". Namibian Sun. 11 July 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, M". www.klausdierks.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  4. Dornseif, Golf. "Windhuks wild bewegte Pionierzeiten" [Windhuk's wild pioneer days] (PDF) (in German). www.golf-dornseif.de. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  5. Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, W". www.klausdierks.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, S". www.klausdierks.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  7. "New Glitter Trappings for Trepper". Namibian Sun. 8 July 2011.
  8. Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, F". www.klausdierks.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  9. Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, I". www.klausdierks.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  10. "Dank an den Bürgermeister" [Thanks to the mayor]. Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 2015 reprint. 18 November 1965.
  11. Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, K". www.klausdierks.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  12. Matheus Shikongo at Namibia Institute for Democracy
  13. First black female mayor of Windhoek New Era, 7 December 2010
  14. Jason, Loide (27 November 2012). "Windhoek elects new mayor". New Era. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. (subscription required (help)).
  15. "Know Your Governors. Muesee Kazapua". New Era. 4 October 2016. p. 6.

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