Uahekua Herunga

Uahekua Herunga (born 25 October 1969) is a Namibian politician who has served in the Namibian cabinet for various portfolios. A member of SWAPO serving as a deputy secretary general of the party.

Herunga obtained his Diploma in Education from Ongwediva Teachers Training College, right after Namibia independence.

Political career Herunga joined SWAPO in 1983. Herunga started his political career in the late 1980s, when he joined the SWAPO's youth wing and the Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso). Herunga was a regional coordinator for his party in the northwestern Kunene Region in 2007, prior to his appointment to the 5th National Assembly of Namibia in 2009 as a choice of president Hifikepunye Pohamba. He was subsequently appointed deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism and promoted to Minister in a cabinet reshuffle in December 2012, following the fifth SWAPO congress.