Press
Press kit
Official portraits, the website code, and a short biography for publication. Media enquiries are received by the National General Secretary.
Press office
Christine Esperanza Auchamus
National General Secretary, head of administration
Website
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Official portraits
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For publication
Dr Panduleni Filemon Bango Itula is President of the Independent Patriots for Change and Leader of the Official Opposition in Namibia.
A dentist and oral surgeon, he was born in Windhoek on 2 August 1957. He trained in the United Kingdom, returned home in December 2013, and founded the Independent Patriots for Change on 2 August 2020.
In 2019 he received 242,657 votes as an independent presidential candidate. In 2024 he received 284,106 votes as the IPC presidential candidate.
Full biographyRecent statements
6 October 2026
Statement on the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak19 August 2026
Statement congratulating Zambia and asking for a published results trail22 July 2026
Statement asking government to publish the Namibia Air feasibility study9 July 2026
Statement on the process for appointing ECN commissioners

