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Place of Birth: Omaruru, Erongo Region, Namibia
About Justus ǁGaroëb
- Justus |Uruhe ?Garoëb (born 16 December 1942) is a Namibian traditional authority leader and politician.
- He was a staunch opponent of South African rule and led the oppositional Namibia National Front in the late 1970s.
- He became Gaob (king) of the Damara people in 1982 and founded the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1989. ?Garoëb was born in Omaruru, Erongo Region.
- He went to school at the Augustineum Training College in Okahandja and then started to study medicine at the University College of Zululand in South Africa.
- He did not finish his studies due to family obligations and lack of financial support.?Garoëb became a member of the Damara Advisory Council in 1971, and its chairman in 1977, succeeding Chief David ?Goreseb.
- When between 1975 and 1977 the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference was held in Windhoek with the aim of developing a constitution for a self-governed Namibia under South African control, ?Garoëb "refused to take part".
- Instead he oversaw the Damara Council to merge into the Namibia National Front (NNF), one of the groups opposing the Turnhalle Conference and its results, in 1977.
- He also became the first president of the NNF.In 1982, he became the Paramount Chief and Acting King of the Damara, and he has been King of the Damara since 1994.
- In 1989 ?Garoëb founded the United Democratic Front (UDF).
- He has been the President of the UDF since that time.
- Immediately prior to independence, he was a UDF member of the Constituent Assembly, which was in place from November 1989 to March 1990, and he has been a member of the National Assembly since 1990.He has stood for the presidency on three occasions.
- In 1999, he placed fourth with 3.02% of the vote, in 2004 he placed fifth with 3.83% of the vote, and in 2009 he placed 5th with 2.37%.
- In Kunene Region, he received 22.5% of the vote, including winning the most the votes in Khorixas Constituency and Sesfontein Constituency.
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