What happens when you are named after Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler? You are asked if you share aims for world domination like your namesake did! This is what happened to Namibian politician Adolf Hitler Uunona, who was elected councillor in the Ompundja constituency. He, however, assured the BBC that he has no plans of world domination.
Uunona said that while his father did name him after Germany’s late dictator, he probably gave him the name without having an idea of what it represented. “As a child, I saw it as a totally normal name,” he said.
The 54-year-old politician, who is a member of the ruling Swapo party, won roughly 85 per cent of the vote. Uunona clarified that he had “nothing to do” with Nazi ideology, in an interview with German newspaper Bild. While campaigning, he is usually referred to as Adolf Uunona.
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Adolf is not an uncommon name in the country, which was a German colony between 1884 and 1915. The country came under the control of South Africa after World War One and gained independence in 1990.
The country is still home to a small German-speaking community.
