Vekuii Rukoro
Vekuii Reinhard Rukoro was a Namibian politician and paramount chief of the Herero people. He was also Attorney General of Namibia from 1995 to 2000 and a member of the National Assembly from 1989 to 2000.
Early life and education
Rukoro was born on 11 November 1954, in Otjiwarongo. He attended primary school in Swakopmund and Karibib, and secondary school at Döbra. In 1980 he started tertiary education and obtained an LLB degree from the University of Warwick in 1983, and an LLM degree from the Washington College of Law in 1987.Career
Rukoro joined the South West Africa National Union in 1975 and became its secretary-general but left with a group of dissidents in 1978 to form the South West Africa National Union Progressives. He returned to SWANU, again became secretary-general in 1984, and the party's president in 1989.SWANU, like SWANU-P, merged into the Namibia National Front prior to the 1989 elections that preceded Namibia's independence. Rukoro became president of the NNF and took the only seat gained by the party. He thus became a member of the Constituent Assembly of Namibia where he was one of the main drafters of the Constitution of Namibia.
After Namibian independence in 1990 Rukoro was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice. He served until 1995 when, by then a member of SWAPO, he occupied the position of attorney-general. He entered a business career in 2000 as Managing Director of Sanlam Namibia, chairman of Air Namibia, and CEO of First National Bank and thereafter served as CEO of Meat Corporation of Namibia.