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Peter Kalangula was born on 12 March, 1926 in Namibia. He was a Namibian politician and the first Prime Minister of Namibia from 1990 to 1995. He was a member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) and was a leader of the Namibian independence movement. Kalangula was born in the small village of Onamutai in the Omusati Region of Namibia. He attended school in Onamutai and then went on to study at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. After graduating, he returned to Namibia and worked as a teacher in the northern part of the country. Kalangula was a founding member of SWAPO and was elected to the party's Central Committee in 1960. He was also a member of the National Assembly of Namibia from 1990 to 1995. Kalangula was a strong advocate for Namibian independence and was instrumental in the negotiations that led to the country's independence in 1990. He served as Prime Minister of Namibia from 1990 to 1995 and was succeeded by Hifikepunye Pohamba. Kalangula died on 28 August, 2008 at the age of 82. He was survived by his wife, four children, and several grandchildren. Kalangula was a highly respected leader in Namibia and was known for his commitment to the cause of Namibian independence. He was awarded the Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo in 2004 for his contribution to the struggle for freedom in Namibia.

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Born 12 March 1926
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2008

Kalangula died on 20 February 2008 of kidney failure.

1980

In the 1980s he was allegedly the victim of an attempted poisoning by South Africa's notorious Civil Cooperation Bureau.

1973

In 1973 he was nominated to the Ovambo Legislative Council. He was a member of the Ovambo delegation to the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference 1975–1977, and joined the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) as a member of the Namibia Democratic Party (NDP), and was a member of the DTA head committee until 1980. He participated in the 1978 elections, becoming a DTA member of the first National Assembly 1979–1983. He tried to persuade the DTA to form a single party, and when it failed to do so he left to form Christian Democratic Action for Social Justice (CDA).

1969

He was ordained as a deacon in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, but was not ordained as a priest because of a strong disagreement with Bishop Colin Winter in November 1969. As an Ovambo nationalist, Kalangula wanted a separate Anglican diocese in Ovamboland, separate from the Diocese of Damaraland. He then broke away and formed the Ovamboland Anglican Church as an African independent church, with the support of South African government officials and the Security Police. The Ovamboland Anglican Church was later associated with the Church of England in South Africa, and Kalangula was ordained a priest in the CESA in 1979.

1926

Peter Tanyangenge Kalangula (12 March 1926 – 20 February 2008) was a Namibian political and religious leader. Bishop Kalangula had an interesting personal history which involved both politics and church.

Peter Kalangula was born at Omafo in Ohangwena Region, Ovamboland on 12 March 1926 and after studying at St Mary's School, Odibo trained as a teacher through correspondence. In 1966 he began theological studies to train to be an Anglican priest. He studied at first at the Federal Theological Seminary in Alice, South Africa, and then at St Bede's Theological College, Mthatha.