Henny Seibeb

Henny Hedly Seibeb is a Namibian politician who serves as Deputy leader and ceremonial Chief Strategist of the Landless People's Movement political party which he formed alongside Bernadus Swartbooi in November 2016.[1][2][3][4]

Henny Seibeb
Deputy Leader and Chief Strategist of the Landless People's Movement (Namibia)
Assumed office
16 June 2018
Member of Parliament of Namibia
In office
20 March 2020 – 21 March 2025
Personal details
BornNamibia
Alma materUniversity of Namibia

Early life

Seibeb was born in southern Namibia in 1978. He obtained a degree in political science from the University of Namibia in 2018. Previously, he served as personal assistant to former Namibia Home Affairs Minister and SWAPO party Secretary General Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana between 2010 and 2015 when he resigned from the SWAPO Party.

Political career

Seibeb holds a controversial status in Namibian politics. In 2018, he was subject to public discussion after being pictured with a "Voetsek Geingob" placard in reference to president Hage Geingob as his party protested the Land Conference in November of that year.[5][6]

References
  1. Marketing, Intouch Interactive. "LPM calls on UN to probe Swapo govt - Politics - Namibian Sun". www.namibiansun.com. Retrieved Nov 27, 2019.
  2. Namibian, The. "Petition handover venue splits police, land activists". The Namibian. Retrieved Nov 27, 2019.
  3. www.omalaetiit.com, Omalaeti Technologies, Namibia. "Landless People's Movement seeking restorative justice: Seibeb". www.lelamobile.com. Retrieved Nov 27, 2019.
  4. "Just who are the Landless People's Movement?". New Era Live. Feb 17, 2017. Retrieved Nov 27, 2019.
  5. "The Villager Newspaper Namibia". www.thevillager.com.na. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  6. Iikela, Sakeus (2018-11-26). "Namibia: No Insults in 2019 - Seibeb". The Namibian (Windhoek). Retrieved 2019-01-09.


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