Eric Biwa

{{Short description|Namibian politician (born 1953)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Eric Biwa | image = | order = | office = | term_start = | term_end = | president = | predecessor = | successor = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|5|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Vaalgras, ǁKaras Region | party = Patriotic Unity Movement (PUM) | spouse = | children = | relations = | parents = | alma_mater = | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Eric Biwa''' (born 8 May 1953 in Vaalgras, ǁKaras Region) is a former Namibian politician with the Patriotic Unity Movement (PUM), a party which was a member of the United Democratic Front (UDF).<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200909281384.html Elections 2009 - UDF, the Undying Old Hors] New Era via AllAfrica.com, 28 September 2009.</ref>

==Pre-independence== A former combatant in the Namibian War of Independence with SWAPO's armed wing, Biwa was one of many alleged spies detained near Lubango, Angola in the 1980s.<ref>[http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=3882 Namibia's Wall of Silence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506171026/http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=3882 |date=2016-05-06 }} review by Lauren Dobell, Southern Africa Report, July 1996</ref> Biwa founded the PUM in July 1989 ahead of the 1989 elections and immediately led the party into the UDF alliance.<ref>[http://www.klausdierks.com/Chronology/131.htm Chronology: 1989] KlausDierks.com</ref> Biwa was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia from its founding as the Constituent Assembly prior to independence in 1989 until his resignation in 2003. He was replaced by Gustaphine Tjombe.<ref>[http://www.nid.org.na/view_book_entry.php?book_id=169 Gustaphine Tjombe] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611180731/http://www.nid.org.na/view_book_entry.php?book_id=169 |date=2011-06-11 }} Namibia Institute for Democracy, 2008</ref>

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