Gerson Veii

Gerson Hitjevi Veii (18 Janairu 1939 - 14 Fabrairu 2015) ɗan siyasan Namibiya ne. Veii ya kasance memba na kungiyar South West Africa National Union (SWANU) kuma shugabanta daga shekarun 1968 zuwa 1982.  Bayan da Namibiya ta samu 'yancin kai shi ne gwamna na farko a yankin Kunene. 

An haifi Veii a ranar 18 ga watan Janairun 1939 a Kalkfeld a tsakiyar Namibiya. Shi ne ɗan ƙasar Namibiya na farko da aka yi masa shari'a a ƙarƙashin Dokar Sabotage ta shekarar 1962 ta Afirka ta Kudu. Bayan wani jawabi da ya yi a watan Disambar 1967 a Old Location a Windhoek na nuna adawa da tsare shugabannin SWAPO a gidan yari sakamakon ayyukan soji a Omugulugwombashe an kama shi, aka same shi da laifin tayar da kiyayyar launin fata, kuma aka yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin shekaru biyar a gidan yari.  Ya shafe shekara guda a gidan yari a Pretoria, da kuma ƙarin shekaru huɗu a tsibirin Robben. Lokacin da aka sake shi a shekara ta 1972 ya kamu da ciwon kwakwalwa da wasu matsalolin lafiya masu rauni.  Iyalinsa sun yi zargin cewa shi ne batun gwaji a tsibirin Robben. Veii ya mutu sakamakon kama zuciya a Windhoek a ranar 14 ga watan Fabrairu 2015. Ya yi aure da ‘ya’ya takwas. 

An zaɓi Veil a matsayin mataimakin sakatare-janar na SWANU a shekarar 1960. A cikin shekarar 1968 yayin da yake kurkuku a tsibirin Robben an zaɓe shi a matsayin shugaban jam'iyyar ba ya nan, muƙamin da ya riƙe har zuwa shekara ta 1982. Bayan Namibiya ta samu 'yancin kai a shekarar 1990 an naɗa shi Gwamnan yankin Kunene na farko.

Veil ya sami jana'izar jiha a ranar 25 ga watan Fabrairu, 2015. An binne shi ne a Heroes' Acre kusa da Windhoek, wanda shi ne mai katin farko na jam'iyyar adawa da ya samu wannan karramawa. 

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Rukuni:Matattun 2015
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1939