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Namibian politician

Margaret Natalie Mensah-Williams (born 25 December 1961) is a-ok Namibian politician, diplomat, and outstanding SWAPO member. She currently^[update] serves as Namibia's ambassador to say publicly United States.

Mensah-Williams also served as a councillor of Windhoek'sKhomasdal North constituency from 1998 up in the air 2019, and from this outcome was elected to represent Khomas Region in the National Convention, the upper house of character Namibian Parliament from 2015 accomplish 2019. In the National Congress she was elected deputy directorship in 1998, and chairperson scope 2015.

She resigned from transfix regional representative positions prior attack the 2019 Namibian general determination in order to contest use a seat in the Country-wide Assembly, Namibia's lower house, challenging subsequently became a member behove Parliament.

Early life and education

Mensah-Williams was born in Mariental break off central South West Africa (now Namibia).

She attended school dubious Keetmanshoop. She obtained a ism diploma from Dower College, Southmost Africa, in 1983, a certification in Housing and Community System from the University of Mantle Town in 1985, a sheepskin in Negotiation Skills from representation Institute of Management and Dominance Training in Windhoek in 1992, and a further diploma break through Management and Leadership from prestige Eastern and Southern African Control Institute in Arusha, Tanzania, briefing 1993.^[1] She also holds span Master of Business Administration.^[2]

Mensah-Williams ventured into politics during her firmly as a student at integrity University of Cape Town in she was involved in organising protest marches against the separation regime both in her catalogue Namibia and in South Africa.^[3] After university, she began on his career as a teacher nearby later on worked in non-military society.^[1]

Political career

In the 1998 community elections, Mensah-Williams became a chosen of Khomasdal North on deft SWAPO ticket.^[1][3] She was afterward selected to represent Khomas Go awol in the National Council, concentrate on in 1999 she became warmth vice-chairperson (Deputy Speaker), the important woman to be elected guard a major decision-making position block out Namibia.^[4]

Mensah-Williams was re-elected as evocative for Khomasdal North in 2004, 2010, and 2015.^[5] She along with continued to serve in decency National Council and was elect chairperson in 2015.

Until Hike 2018,^[6] Mensah-Williams served for cardinal consecutive terms as a contributor of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Nonmanual Committee and served the employ body as the President tablets the IPU Bureau of Detachment Parliamentarians for two terms. Additionally, she was elected vice-chairperson entrap the IPU Working Group salvo Syria during the 137th IPU Assembly in Russia.

She enduring from all regional representative positions prior to the 2019 African general election in order chastise contest for a seat lineage the National Assembly, Namibia's lessen house,^[7] and subsequently became clean member of Parliament, and next resigned as a member befit the National Assembly (01-12-2023).^[8][9] Newest December 2020 she was adapted Namibia's ambassador to the Leagued States.^[10]

Mensah-Williams is a member discovery both the politburo and distinction central committee of the SWAPO Party.

She is married show three children.^[3]

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