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South West Africa People's Organisation | |
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| Abbreviation | SWAPO |
| President | Hage Geingob |
| Vice President | Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah |
| Secretary-General | Sophia Shaningwa |
| Vice Secretary-General | Nangolo Mbumba |
| Executive Director | Austin Samupwa |
| Founders | Andimba Toivo ya Toivo Sam Nujoma Jacob Kuhangua Louis Nelengani Lucas Nepela |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Preceded by | Ovamboland People's Organization |
| Headquarters | Windhoek |
| Newspaper | Namibia Today |
| Think tank | SWAPO Think Tank |
| Youth wing | SWAPO Party Youth League |
| Women's wing | SWAPO Women's Council |
| Elder's Wing | SWAPO Elder's Council |
| Paramilitary Wing | People's Liberation Army of Namibia |
| Political orientation | Since 2017: Socialism with Namibian characteristics 1990-2017: Social Democracy 1960-1990: Marxism-Leninism |
| African Affiliation | Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa |
The South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is the dominant party and former independence movement of Namibia. Founded in 1960 as a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary vanguard, the party had abandoned socialism and governed according to Social Democratic principles since independence. Since 2017, SWAPO's official party ideology is Socialism with Namibian Characteristics