Adolf Hitler Uunona, a Ompundja constituency councillor in the Oshana region, has removed the name ‘Hitler’ from his identity (ID) document.
He says he no longer wants to be known by his birth name.
Uunona has held his council seat since 2004, winning previous elections in 2015 and 2020 with a significant majority.
He has firmly distanced himself from Nazi ideology, saying his father named him without understanding the historical significance of the name.
In an interview with The Namibian on Wednesday, he said he prefers to go by the name ‘Adolf Uunona’ and says his name doesn’t reflect his character or ambitions.
“My name is not Adolf Hitler. I am Adolf Uunona. I have seen in the past people calling me Adolf Hitler and trying to associate me with someone I do not even know,” he said.
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CRoseCrizzle on November 28th, 2025 at 10:04 UTC »
According to the article, he claims that his father didn't really know who Adolf Hitler was. I guess he just named his son after a historical figure, which is plausible in a developing country where someone could be uneducated.
I guess it became an issue after he got into politics, though Idk enough about Namibia to know how much crap he got for it growing up.
He's removing the 'Hitler' part of his name.
FOSSChemEPirate88 on November 28th, 2025 at 10:01 UTC »
"He named me after a person I do not know" 🤣
Is this like random people in China wearing shirts that say things like "FUCK" on them with animal cartoons, that probably dont know what it means, like Americans getting Chinese characters tattooed on them but they actually say something they didnt intend like "dumb whore"?
bfx0 on November 28th, 2025 at 09:52 UTC »
Good choice, Benito Mussolini.