Intro | Namibian politician |
Is | Politician |
From | Namibia |
Type | Politics |
Gender | male |
Birth |
30 September 1966 |
Age | 54 years |
Star sign | Libra |
Royal Johan Kxao /Ui/o/oo (born 30 September 1966) is a Namibian politician who is serving in the Cabinet of Namibia as Deputy Minister of Veteran Affairs and Marginalised People since March 2015. He was a member of Parliament as a SWAPO backbencher between 2000 and 2005, and after that a special advisor in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
/Ui/o/oo grew up in Botswana. He finished his matric at NamCOL and holds a certificate in Linguistic Studies in African Languages. As of 2016 he is enrolled at Unisa for a law degree.
/Ui/o/oo is an ethnic San from Tsumkwe’s Juǀ’hoan-speaking community, for which he is also a senior traditional officer. At the time he became a parliamentarian in 2000, he was the youngest ever SWAPO MP. He also was the first and only San to serve in Parliament.