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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 Republic 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.