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1994 in Namibia

overview of Namibia-related events during the year of 1994

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 28, 2024
Entity authorityQ107407343 ↗
Source-derived summary

Events in the year 1994 in Namibia.

Incumbents

President: Sam Nujoma

Prime Minister: Hage Geingob

Chief Justice of Namibia: Ismael Mahomed

Events

4 & 5 December – General elections were held in the country.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “1994 in Namibia” as overview of Namibia-related events during the year of 1994. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Namibia, overview and Namibia-related.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Namibia, overview and Namibia-related providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 28, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q107407343. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1994.

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This entry incorporates text from “1994 in Namibia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.