Editing History of Namibia (section)

=== Re-election of Sam Nujoma ===
Sam Nujoma won the presidential elections of 1994 with 76.34% of the votes. There was only one other candidate, [[Mishake Muyongo]] of the [[Democratic Turnhalle Alliance of Namibia|DTA]].<ref name="African Election Database">{{cite web
| url = http://africanelections.tripod.com/na.html
| title = Elections in Namibia
| publisher = African Election Database
| access-date = 26 August 2006
| archive-date = 8 February 2007
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070208025416/http://africanelections.tripod.com/na.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

In 1998, with one year until the scheduled presidential election when Sam Nujoma would not be allowed to participate in since he had already served the two terms that the constitution allows, SWAPO amended the constitution, allowing three terms instead of two. They were able to do this since SWAPO had a two-thirds majority in both the [[National Assembly of Namibia]] and the [[National Council of Namibia|National Council]], which is the minimum needed to amend the constitution.

Sam Nujoma was reelected as president in 1999, winning the election, that had a 62.1% [[Voter turnout|turnout]] with 76.82%. Second was [[Ben Ulenga]] from the [[Congress of Democrats]] (COD), that won 10.49% of the votes.

Ben Ulenga is a former SWAPO member and [[Deputy Minister]] of [[Natural environment|Environment]] and Tourism, and [[High Commissioner]] to the United Kingdom.
<ref name="COD Ben Ulenga">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.cod.org.na/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=100&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
 |title        = Benjamin Ulenga: Congress of Democrats
 |publisher    = Congress of Democrats
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003137/http://www.cod.org.na/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=100&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
 |archive-date = 27 September 2007
 |url-status     = dead
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref>
He left SWAPO and became one of the founding members of COD in 1998, after clashing with his party on several questions. He did not approve of the amendment to the constitution, and criticised Namibia's involvement in Congo.

Nujoma was succeeded as President of Namibia by [[Hifikepunye Pohamba]] in 2005.<ref name="African Election Database" />