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'''Libertina Inaviposa Amathila''' , kutsumanimeltään '''Meme Doctor''' (o.s. '''Appolus''', s. [[10. joulukuuta]] [[1940]])<ref name="KD"/>Fransfontein, [[Kunene]]n alue) on [[Namibia|namibialainen]] lääkäri ja poliitikko.<ref name="neweralive.na-2014-7-4"/><ref name="KD"/> Hän toimi Namibian varapääministerinä vuosina 2005–2010.<ref name="Parl"/>
Amathila aloitti alakoulun luterilaisen lähetysaseman koulussa (Lutheran Mission School) ja jatkoi alkeisopintojen jälkeen Otjiwarongon alakoulussa. Yläkoulun hän kävi Okahandjan Augustineum Collegessa (1955–1957). <ref name="neweralive.na-2014-7-4"/> Vuonna 1962 Amathila pakeni kotimaastaan Botswanan kautta [[Tansania]]an. Hän sai [[Swapo]]n kansakuntaohjelman kautta apurahan opiskella lääketiedettä Puolassa. Hän valmistui ensimmäisenä namibialaisena naislääkärinä [[Varsova]]n lääketieteellisestä akatemiasta. Hän työskenteli myös poliittisesti ollen Swapon keskuskomiteassa terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin varaministeri ja Swapon naisneuvoston johtaja (1969-1976). Hän opiskeli Ruotsissa [[Karoliininen instituutti|Karoliinisessä instituutissa]] ja sai sieltä lääkärin lupakirjan. Hän täydensi opintojaan ravitsemus- ja kansanterveystieteen diplomilla [[Lontoo]]n School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicinestä ja epidemiologian diplomilla (ranskankielellä) [[Bamako]]sta [[Mali]]sta (1980). Lontoossa opiskelun jälkeen hänen pätevöitymisensä lastenlääkäriksi keskeytyi, koska hän lähti vapaaehtoisena [[Lusaka]]aan [[Zambia]]an työskentelemään Swapon pakolaisleireille. Sieltä hänet siirrettiin [[Angola]]an Kwanza Sulin lastenkeskuksen johtajaksi. Hän työskenteli useilla leireillä ja organisoi terveyteen liittyviä hankkeita.<ref name="neweralive.na-2014-7-4"/> kaikkiaan hän työskenteli lähes 20 vuoden ajan lääkärinä eri pakolaiskeskuksissa hoitaen muun muassa namibialaisia pakolaisia, ja hän hoiti myös haavoittuneita PLAN:in taistelijoita. UNHCR palautti hänet kotimaahansa vuonna 1989.<ref name="unhcr.org-nansen-previous"/>
Kotimaassaan hän on pitkäaikainen kansanedustaja ja ministeri. Hän vannoi ministerinvalan (paikallishallinnon ja asutuksen ministeri) Namibian itsenäistymispäivänä 21. maaliskuuta 1990. Tästä tehtävästä hän siirtyi Namibian terveys- ja sosiaaliministeriksi (1996–2005). Vuonna 2005 Amathilasta tuli Namibian varapääministeri (-2010).<ref name="neweralive.na-2014-7-4"/><ref name="KD"/><ref name="unhcr.org-nansen-previous"/>
Amathilan kirjoittamiin kirjoihin kuuluu teos ''Making A Difference'' (2012). Hänen saamista tunnustuksista mainittakoon muun muassa [[Omugulugwombashe|Omungulumbashe]]-mitali (1987) urheudesta ja pitkäaikaisesta palvelusta sekä YK:n pakolaisjärjestön (UNHCR) [[Nansen-palkinto]] (1991).<ref name="neweralive.na-2014-7-4"/><ref name="unhcr.org-nansen-previous"/>
Opiskeli... varapääministeri... [[Nansen-palkinto]] (1991)... <ref name="unhcr.org-nansen-previous"/>
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{{Infobox Officeholder
|image = Libertine Appolus Amathila.jpg
|honorific-prefix = <small>[[The Honorable]]</small>
|name = Libertina Amathila
|office = Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia
|image_size = 250px
|caption = A photograph of Libertine Appolus Amathila, former Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia with the SchoolNet Namibia team at WSIS in Tunisia.
|president = [[Hifikepunye Pohamba]]
|deputy =
|term_start = 2005
|term_end = 2010
|predecessor = [[Hendrik Witbooi (politician)|Hendrik Witbooi]]
|successor = [[Marco Hausiku]]
|office1 = Minister of Health and Social Services
|president1 = [[Sam Nujoma]]
|deputy1 =
|term_start1 = 1996
|term_end1 = 2005
|predecessor1 = [[Nickey Iyambo]]
|successor1 = [[Richard Kamwi]]
|office2 = Minister of Regional and Local Government and Housing
|president2 = Sam Nujoma
|deputy2 =
|term_start2 = 21 March 1990
|term_end2 = 1996
|predecessor2 = Position established
|successor2 = [[Nickey Iyambo]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|12|10|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Fransfontein]], [[Kunene Region]]
|nationality = [[Namibia]]n
|spouse = [[Ben Amathila]]
|children =
|party = [[South-West Africa People's Organisation|SWAPO]]
|profession = Medical doctor
|occupation = [[Politician]]
|religion =
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'''Libertina Inaviposa Amathila''' ([[née]] '''Appolus''', born 10 December 1940)<ref name=KD>[http://www.klausdierks.com/Biographies/Biographies_A.htm Profile of Amathila], klausdierks.com.</ref> is a [[Namibia]]n physician and politician. She was the Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia from 2005 to 2010.<ref name=Parl>[http://www.parliament.gov.na/ims/pub/biodatadetail.asp?e=66&i=129 Namibian parliament profile for Amathila]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref>
=====Early life=====
Amathila was born in [[Fransfontein]], [[Kunene Region]].<ref name=KD/><ref name=Parl/> Under the [[SWAPO]] Nationhood Programme, she received a scholarship to study medicine in [[Poland]] and graduated from the Warsaw Medical Academy in 1969, becoming Namibia's first female doctor. She later worked in SWAPO refugee camps.<ref name=KD/>
=====Political career=====
At SWAPO's 1969 Consultative Congress in exile in [[Tanzania]], Amathila became Deputy Secretary for Health and Welfare on the SWAPO Central Committee and Director of the SWAPO Women's Council. Immediately prior to independence, she was a SWAPO member of the Constituent Assembly, which was in place from November 1989 to March 1990,<ref name=KD/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030820180107/http://www.parliament.gov.na/ims/pub/getindivs.asp?e=65&en=Constituent+Assembly+of+Namibia+November+1989+-+March+1990 List of members of the Constituent Assembly], parliament.gov.na.</ref> and since independence in March 1990 she has been a member of the [[National Assembly of Namibia]].<ref name=KD/><ref name=Parl/> She was Minister of Regional and Local Government and Housing from March 21, 1990<ref name=KD/> to September 12, 1996, at which point she became Minister of Health and Social Services,<ref name=KD/><ref>"Sep 1996 - Government changes", ''Keesing's Record of World Events'', Volume 42, September, 1996 Namibia, Page 41255.</ref> serving in that position until becoming Deputy Prime Minister on March 21, 2005.<ref name=Parl/>
In September 1999, she was elected for a one-year term as Chairperson of the [[World Health Organization]]'s Regional Committee for Africa, and on May 15, 2000 she elected as the President of the 53rd Session of the [[World Health Assembly]].<ref>[http://www.afro.who.int/press/2000/pr20000517.html "NAMIBIAN MINISTER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF 53RD WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611032629/http://www.afro.who.int/press/2000/pr20000517.html |date=2007-06-11 }} (press release), afro.who.int, May 17, 2000.</ref>
She retired from politics on the 20th anniversary of Namibia's independence, on 21 March 2010.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hillebrecht |first1=Anna |title=A servant of the people |url=https://www.namibian.com.na/103531/archive-read/A-servant-of-the-people-Part-II-of-the-story |website=The Namibian |accessdate=14 April 2020}}</ref>
=====Awards and recognition=====
Amathila received the [[Ongulumbashe]] Medal for Bravery and Long Service in 1987,<ref name=KD/><ref name=Parl/> and she was the 1991 recipient of the [[Nansen Refugee Award]].<ref name=Parl/>
She received the tenth highest number of votes—363—in the election to the Central Committee of SWAPO at the party's August 2002 congress.<ref>[http://www.namibian.com.na/2002/august/news/027EBA9751.html "The ruling party's new Central Committee"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050104233857/http://www.namibian.com.na/2002/august/news/027EBA9751.html |date=January 4, 2005 }}, ''The Namibian'', August 27, 2002.</ref>
In 2002 she named the street Brückenstrasse in [[Swakopmund]] after herself.<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200212120284.html "Namibia: Minister Urges Swakopmund Residents to Accept Change", Maggi Bernard, AllAfrica.com, 12 December 2002]</ref>
=====Personal life=====
Amathila is married to fellow politician [[Ben Amathila]].
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