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in 2014, the number of parliamentarians increased significantly. As a result, there have been calls for a bigger parliament building, since many parliamentarians and support staff are not able to be housed in the Tintenpalast. Moses Ndjarakana argues that the "structure and shape of the Chamber is
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The building was opened on 12 April 1913. As an allusion to the extensive usage of ink by the workers in the building, it was named "Tintenpalast" or "Ink Palace". When Namibia achieved its independence in 1990, the Tintenpalast became the seat of the
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not conducive to a House of the People" and that the "current state of affairs with regard to office space" is "miserable and undesirable as it contributes to an ineffective service delivery system."
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The Tintenpalast, which is located just north of Robert Mugabe Avenue, was designed by
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between 1912 and 1913 from regional materials as an administration building for the
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The inflation would be: ℳ450,000 (equivalent to ℳ2,620,846 in 2021)
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Namibia at the time. The building project used forced labour by
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Parliament
House
Neoclassical
Windhoek Central Business District
Windhoek
Namibia
Coordinates
22°34′00″S 17°05′21″E / 22.5666°S 17.0893°E / -22.5666; 17.0893
DEℳ
N$
Bruno von Schuckmann
German South West Africa
South West Africa
Namibia
Gottlieb Redecker
Sander & Kock
www.parliament.na

German for
Parliament of Namibia
National Council
National Assembly
Windhoek
German
Gottlieb Redecker
Neoclassical
Sander & Kock
German

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