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Adolf Hitler won an election in Namibia.
While many Namibians have names that originate from former colonial power Germany, a newly elected city councilor rose to fame overnight not because of his victory but because his name is Adolf Hitler.
Adolf Hitler Uunona, 54, a politician from the ruling Swapo party, was elected local government councilor for the northern Namibian constituency of Ompundja last week, with 85% of the votes cast.
Sounding a bit annoyed, Uunona told AFP on Thursday that he was perplexed that people were intrigued by his name as one of the world’s most notorious dictators.
He refused to discuss the reasons why Adolf Hitler was appointed.
“I’m not going to entertain the conversation, there is no reason we should be sitting here, having a full conversation about my name,” he replied.
“Do you really want us to have a full conversation about my name? How will that make Namibia a better country, how will it contribute to the development of our country?” Uunona asked when he was contacted by an AFP journalist.
Germany colonized Namibia, then southwestern Africa, from 1884 to 1915.
After World War I, the League of Nations ordered South Africa to administer the territory as a protectorate that ruled for 75 years.
The German occupiers in Namibia killed tens of thousands of indigenous Herero and Nama people in massacres from 1904 to 1908, which historians have called the first genocide of the 20th century.
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