Marlene Mungunda

The Honourable
Marlene Mungunda
The Honourable Marlene Mungunda
Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare
	In office; 2005–2010
President	Hifikepunye Pohamba
Prime Minister	Nahas Angula
Preceded by	Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Succeeded by	Doreen Sioka
Minister of Labour and Social Welfare
	In office; 2004–2005
President	Sam Nujoma
Prime Minister	Theo-Ben Gurirab
Preceded by	Marco Hausiku
Succeeded by	Alpheus ǃNaruseb
Deputy minister of Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare
	In office; 2000–2004
President	Sam Nujoma
Prime Minister	Hage Geingob; Theo-Ben Gurirab
Personal details
Born	September 11, 1954 (age 70); Mariental, Hardap Region
Nationality	Namibian
Occupation	Politician

Maria Marlene Mungunda (born 11 September 1954 in Mariental, Hardap Region) is a Namibian politician who served in several portfolios as minister. She is a teacher by profession^[1] and worked as teacher from 1975 to 1996.^[2]

Career

A member of the SWAPO, Mungunda worked in the lower party structures for her home town Mariental and for the Southern region. In 1996 she entered parliament. She was appointed deputy minister of Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare in 2000. In 2004 she was promoted to Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, and in 2005 she returned to the gender equality ministry, this time as minister.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Profile Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine at Namibia Institute for Democracy
^ "Mungunda Maria Marline". Parliament of Namibia. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

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[nid-1] Profile Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine at Namibia Institute for Democracy

[Parliament-2] "Mungunda Maria Marline". Parliament of Namibia. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

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