Vipuakuje Muharukua

Vipuakuje Muharukua is a Namibian politician who is serving as a Governor for Kunene Region since 28 March 2025. He previously served as a legislator in the Parliament of Namibia. He was elected to Parliament on a Popular Democratic Movement ticket in 2014. At 31, he was the second youngest elected MP in Namibia since McHenry Venaani in 2002.

Early life and political career Muharukua, an ethnic Ovahimba, was born in 1983 in Opuwo in the Kunene Region of north-western Namibia. He was elected to the parliament of Namibia during the 2014 general election, becoming the youngest member of that particular parliament at the time.

Resignation Muharukua resigned from the party (PDM) and parliament on 9 April 2024, respectively. At the time of resignation he was serving as the Chief Whip of the Popular Democratic Movement.