Editing SWAPO (section)

===Independent Namibia===
When Namibia gained its independence in 1990, SWAPO became the dominant political party. Though the organisation rejected the term ''[[South West Africa]]'' and preferred to use ''Namibia'', the organisation's original name—derived from the territory's old name—was too deeply rooted in the independence movement to be changed. However, the original full name is no longer used; only the acronym remains.<ref name="Kae">{{cite news |title=The founder of Swapo |first=Kae |last=Matundu-Tjiparuro |newspaper=[[New Era (Namibia)|New Era]] |date= 19 April 2010}}</ref> SWAPO, and with it much of Namibia's government and administration, continues to be dominated by the [[Ovambo people|Ovambo ethnic group]], despite "considerable efforts to counter [that] perception".<ref>{{Cite book |title=Traditional Leadership and Democratisation in Southern Africa: A Comparative Study of Botswana, Namibia, and Southern Africa |last=Düsing |first=Sandra |publisher=LIT Verlag Münster |year=2002 |pages=125–126 |isbn=9783825850654 |series=Studien zur Politikwissenschaft |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d879H9_-IZ0C&q=swapo+dominated+by+ovambo&pg=PA126 |access-date=3 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204000811/https://books.google.com.na/books?id=d879H9_-IZ0C&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=swapo+dominated+by+ovambo&source=bl&ots=TU-MDXQFrW&sig=fwJ9WAEUcvE9vQPaTDyfE8kFx54&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZxrCQ6onZAhUTQMAKHXN9AAMQ6AEIMjAB#v=onepage&q=swapo%20dominated%20by%20ovambo&f=false#v=onepage&q=swapo%20dominated%20by%20ovambo&f=false |archive-date=4 February 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

SWAPO president [[Sam Nujoma]] was declared Namibia's first [[President of Namibia|President]] after SWAPO won the [[Namibian parliamentary election, 1989|inaugural election in 1989]]. A decade later, Nujoma had the constitution changed so he could run for a third term in 1999, as it limits the presidency to two terms.{{Cn|date=July 2024}}

In 2004, the SWAPO presidential candidate was [[Hifikepunye Pohamba]], described as Nujoma's hand-picked successor.<ref name="chosen">{{cite web |year=2004 |url=http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=44135&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=NAMIBIA |title=NAMIBIA: Election expected to be low-key |publisher=IRIN |access-date=9 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123023759/http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=44135&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=NAMIBIA |archive-date=23 November 2006 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Elections in Namibia">{{cite web |url=http://africanelections.tripod.com/na.html |title=Elections in Namibia |access-date=7 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514094402/http://africanelections.tripod.com/na.html |archive-date=14 May 2011 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2014, the SWAPO presidential candidate was [[Hage Geingob]], who was the vice-president of SWAPO. In 2019 [[2019 Namibian general election|presidential election]], president Geingob won his second five-year term as Namibian president.<ref>{{cite news |title=Namibia election: president wins second term despite scandal and recession |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/01/namibia-election-president-wins-second-term-despite-scandal-and-recession |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=1 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:SWAPO campaign vehicle.jpg|thumb|300px|right|SWAPO election campaign vehicle]]