Vekuii Rukoro
Vekuii Reinhard Rukoro (11 November 1954 Р18 June 2021) was a Namibian lawyer, businessman, and Paramount Chief of the Herero people . He also served in Namibia's Parliament from 1989 to 2000, and in Cabinet , as Attorney General of Namibia from 1995 to 2000. Rukoro died on 18 June 2021 of COVID-19 . Early life and education Rukoro was born on 11 November 1954 in Otjiwarongo . He attended primary school in Swakopmund and Karibib , and secondary school at D̦bra . In 1980 he started tertiary education and obtained an LLB (Honours) degree from the University of Warwick ( Coventry , England) in 1983, and an LLM degree from the Washington College of Law ( Washington, D.C. , United States) in 1987. Career Rukoro joined the South West Africa National Union (SWANU) in 1975 and became its secretary-general but left with a group of dissidents in 1978 to form the South West Africa National Union Progressives (SWANU-P). He returned to SWANU, again became