Politico really means it: Adolf Hitler elected in Namibia – politics abroad

It has the worst name a person could have in the world: Adolf Hitler! But the man is not a Nazi. But on the contrary. He entered politics and began his career with the Swapo’s former anti-apartheid fighters.

On Wednesday, Adolf Hitler Uunona (this is his full name) was sworn in as a district administrator on the constitution of Namibia. Previously, it had obtained 84.88% of the votes in regional elections in the Ompundja district of the Oshana region (in northern Namibia).

An overwhelming success against the trend! The Swapo lost the majority in these elections in several regions and cities.

BILD asked Adolf Hitler: How does it feel to be called that?

BILD reached Adolf Hitler Uunona (54) in the car, at a temperature of 33 degrees, asked him: How do you live as a politician with THAT name?

“The fact that I have this name doesn’t mean I want to subjugate Oshana now,” she says and laughs. “It doesn’t mean I’m fighting for world domination.” Then it gets serious. “My father called me in honor of this man. He probably didn’t understand what Adolf Hitler stood for. “

It was the same for him in the past.

Adolf Hitler Uunona at BILD: “It was a very normal name for me as a baby. It was only when I was growing up that I realized this man wanted to subjugate the whole world. I have nothing to do with any of these things. “

Change the name? “It’s too late for that”

His wife calls him Adolf, he himself usually appears in public as Adolf Uunona, leaving out “Hitler”. He couldn’t change the name. “It is in all official documents. It’s too late for that. “

The first name Adolf is not uncommon in the former German South West African colony. There is also a German-language newspaper, German radio stations, street names (such as Bahnhofstraße, Bismarckstraße), German toponyms (Lüderitz, Mariental, Helmeringhausen, …) and a small German-speaking minority. Until a few years ago, there was also a “Blitzkrieg Bunker Bar”, a heavy metal bar in the state capital of Windhoek. The ruling Swapo party has its headquarters in Hans-Dietrich-Genscher-Strasse.

Notable: A few years ago a car was spotted in Adolf Hitler Uunona’s home region, Oshana, with “Adolf Hitler” written on a swastika on the rear window. The car, says Adolf Hitler Uunona, but it doesn’t belong to him.