Heikki Hausiku Ausiku
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Reverend Heikki Hausiku Ausiku | |
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| Born | 23 April 1944 Nkurenkuru |
| Occupations | Politician, former ambassador to cuba, former mayor of nkurenkuru, former traditional councilor and former special advisor |
Rev. Heikki Hausiku Ausiku (1944) is a Namibian politician who served as the Ambassador to Cuba (1991–1999).[1] He is a member of South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) party and was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia from 1989 to 1990. He was the former mayor of Nkurenkuru. He also served as a traditional councilor at Kwangali Traditional Authority in 2010.[2] He was appointed as the special advisor to Sirkka Ausiku in 2014.[1]
Rev. Heikki Hausiku Ausiku was born on April 23, 1944, in Nkurenkuru, South West Africa (present-day Namibia). Rev. Ausiku was a teacher at Nkurenkuru Lower Primary School in 1966. He married Martha Ngundo Ndara-Ausiku in 1970.[3] He has nine children and 13 grandchildren. In 1973, the Lutheran Church ordained him as a pastor. He worked sporadically as the presiding pastor and associate pastor in three parishes, where he spent a lot of time. During his studies in the US from 1976 to 1979, he was assisting as a part-time pastor at St. James Lutheran Parish in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He was also Elcin Church's deputy circuit dean in Rundu Deanery, Kavango Region, from 1980 to 1981. From 1980 to 1990, he was the principal managing director of the Kavango Bible School of Elcin at Nkurenkuru.[3]