# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laura-mcleod-katjirua
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:56:00.373Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laura-mcleod-katjirua"
name: "Laura McLeod-Katjirua"
slug: "laura-mcleod-katjirua"
description: "Laura Veendapi McLeod-Katjirua is a Namibian politician who was a Governor of the Khomas Region from 2012 to 28 March 2025 and Deputy Secretary General of SWAPO since 2012. Previously she was Governor of Omaheke Region from 2001 to 2012. She was transferred to Khomas Region by President Hifikepunye Pohamba after she was elected as Deputy Secretary General of SWAPO on December 2, 2012."
tagline: "Namibian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laura_McLeod-Katjirua_Launch_of_16_days_against_GBV_-_Namibia_2015_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "2000"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.60198
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_McLeod-Katjirua"
    title: "Laura McLeod-Katjirua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_McLeod-Katjirua"
    title: "Laura McLeod-Katjirua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_McLeod-Katjirua"
    title: "Laura McLeod-Katjirua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kai.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_McLeod-Katjirua"
    title: "Laura McLeod-Katjirua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_McLeod-Katjirua"
    title: "Laura McLeod-Katjirua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_McLeod-Katjirua"
    title: "Laura McLeod-Katjirua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_McLeod-Katjirua"
    title: "Laura McLeod-Katjirua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6499194"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump