Theo-Ben Gurirab
In 1960 he obtained a teaching diploma from the Augustineum Training College in Okahandja, and in 1964 while in exile in the United States, he graduated with a degree in political science from Temple University in Pennsylvania.[6] He was a SWAPO member of the Constituent Assembly which was in place from November 1989 to March 1990, immediately before independence,[7] and the "key drafter"[4] of Namibia's Constitution.[9] Among Gurirab's achievements at the UN was chairing the negotiations that brought about the reintegration of Walvis Bay into Namibian territory, in fulfillment of Security Council resolution 432.When the MPs took their seats for the new parliamentary term on 19 March 2010, they unanimously re-elected Gurirab to his post as Speaker of the National Assembly.Speaking on that occasion, Guiriab stressed the importance of the Constitution: "As one of its authors, and among the longest-serving public officials, and founders of our Republic, I know of the highest vision the Constitution provides for Namibia, as well as the promise of national unity, reconciliation, democracy, the rule of law, human dignity, socio-economic emancipation and the commitment to protect the gains of our long and bitter struggle for liberation and independence.