Peter Shivute

His Lordship
Peter Shivute
His Lordship Peter Shivute
	Peter Shivute (left) at the swearing-in of President Hage Geingob (2015)
Chief Justice of Namibia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 December 2004
Deputy	Petrus Damaseb
Preceded by	Johan Strydom
Personal details
Born	25 September 1963 (age 60) ; Ovamboland , South West Africa (now Namibia )
Nationality	Namibian citizenship
Alma mater	University of Cambridge ; University of Warwick

Peter Sam Shivute (born 25 September 1963) is a Namibian judge who has served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Namibia since 2004. He is the first black Namibian to be appointed to this position. ^[1]

Early life and education [ edit ]

Shivute was born in Ovamboland in South West Africa (now Namibia ). At the age of 16, he went into exile, continuing his secondary school education in Zambia . ^[1]

While still in Zambia, he received a Diploma in Legal Studies with distinction in 1986. ^[2]

He left Zambia for the United Kingdom where he obtained a Bachelor of Laws , with honors, from Trinity Hall College , University of Cambridge in 1991. After working in now independent Namibia for four years, he returned to the UK to complete a Master of Laws from University of Warwick in 1996. Shivute further holds a Diploma in Development Studies and Management. ^[1]

Legal career [ edit ]

Peter Shivute was appointed magistrate in the Judicial Service of the Republic of Zambia in 1987, barely 24 years old. ^[2] On his return from exile he served as magistrate in the Namibian judiciary from 1991 to 2000, as Judge, later Judge President, of the High Court . ^[1]

On 1 December 2004, Shivute was appointed Chief Justice of Namibia , the highest judge that heads the Supreme Court . He is the fourth Namibian Chief Justice, succeeding Johan Strydom who retired in 2003. He is also the chairman of the Judicial Service Commission of Namibia and the Board of Legal Education. ^[2] In 2002, he chaired the Third Delimitation Commission of Namibia , a body that infrequently decides on the administrative division of the country. ^[3]

Shivute frequently publishes on politics, human rights, and the law in Namibia. ^[4] He is married to fellow judge Naomi Shivute . ^[1]

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Resume of Chief Justice Peter Shivute" . Supreme Court of Namibia. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011 . Retrieved 24 November 2010 .
^ ^a ^b ^c "24 International Events for Education of World Unity" (PDF) . CMS Bulletin . No. 3. December 2007.
^ Matundu-Tjiparuro, Mae (28 February 2011). "Khomas Region, a constitutional, political and geographical hybrid". Focus on: Khomas Region . supplement to New Era . p. 3.
^ Hofmann, Eberhard (22 April 2008). "Rechtsstaat braucht unabhangige Justiz" [State needs independent judiciary]. Allgemeine Zeitung (in German).

[Resume-1] "Resume of Chief Justice Peter Shivute" . Supreme Court of Namibia. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011 . Retrieved 24 November 2010 .

[CMS-2] "24 International Events for Education of World Unity" (PDF) . CMS Bulletin . No. 3. December 2007.

[3] Matundu-Tjiparuro, Mae (28 February 2011). "Khomas Region, a constitutional, political and geographical hybrid". Focus on: Khomas Region . supplement to New Era . p. 3.

[4] Hofmann, Eberhard (22 April 2008). "Rechtsstaat braucht unabhangige Justiz" [State needs independent judiciary]. Allgemeine Zeitung (in German).

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