of Ovaherero Paramount Chief were officially endorsed by the OTA Chiefs Council. The Senate meeting was held on the 2 - 4 February 2023 in Otjimbingwe. Senate elected Dr. Hoze Riruako as Paramount Chief of the Ovaherero under the Ovaherero Traditional Authority. Vekuii Rukoro (2014-2021) In June 2014, when Paramount Chief Kuaima Riruako passed away, the chairman of the Chiefs Council, Tumbee Tjombe, who was deputized by Vipuira Kapuuo, became the acting Paramount Chief. In July of the same year, the acting Paramount Chief Tumbee Tjombe passed away, and thus his deputy, Vipuira Kapuuo became the chairperson of the Chiefs Council and ipso facto the acting Paramount Chief. Acting Paramount Chief Vipuira Kapuuo, as chairperson of the Chiefs Council, convened a Senate meeting in October 2014 at the Ehungiro village. At this meeting, elections were held and Advocate Vekuii Rukoro emerged amongst several candidates Kuaima Riruako (1978–2014) March 1978, after the assassination of Paramount Chief Clemence Kapuuo, the chairperson of the Chiefs' Council, Senior Headman Gerson Hoveka became the acting Paramount Chief until a Senate meeting was convene in the same year where Kuaima Riruako was elected, amongst several candidates, as the substantive Paramount Chief. Clemens Kapuuo (1970–1978) 1970 - Due to the advanced age of Paramount Chief Hosea Kutako, in 1960 Clemence Kapuuo, who was the Secretary of the Chiefs Council, was appointed as Deputy Paramount Chief. In 1970, following the passing away of Paramount Chief Hosea Kutako, he was then appointed as the substantive Paramount Chief. Hosea Kutako (1917–1970) 1920 - Following the Herero-German War from 1904 to 1908, Paramount Chief Samuel Maharero fled to Bechuanaland (now Botswana). This created a leadership vacuum amongst the Ovaherero, more so when the Ovaherero were incarcerated into the concentration camps. When the Ovaherero were released from the concentration camps in 1915, an election was held among the clan leaders and their councillors to choose between these two candidates, namely Hosea Kutako and Kaevaka Kamaheke for the position of Acting Paramount Chief. Hosea Kutako emerged victorious, and was later confirmed as Paramount Chief in 1920.Hosea Kutako Samuel Maharero (1890–1917) 1892 - When Paramount Chief Maharero passed away in 1890, his son Samuel Maharero connived with the incoming German colonial governor Theodor Leutwein to entrench himself in the position of Paramount Chief in 1892. Maharero ka Tjamuaha (1861–1890) 1863 - Historically the Herero community is made up of various clans, each with their