Marco Mukoso Hausiku (25 November 1953 – 26 August 2021) was a Namibian politician who was Deputy-Prime Minister of Namibia from 2010 to 2015.
Previously, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2010. In 2017 he was elected as the deputy secretary general of the Swapo Party at the party's 6th congress.
Life and career Hausiku was born on 25 November 1953 in Kapako, Okavango Region (now Kavango West).Profile at Namibian Parliament website, retrieved 5 July 2022. . Immediately prior to independence, Hausiku was a SWAPO delegate to the Constituent Assembly which was in place from November 1989 to March 1990,List of members of the Constituent Assembly, parliament.gov.na. and since 1990 he has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia. He served as Minister of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation from 1990 to 1992, as Minister of Works, Transport and Communication from 1992 to March 1995 and as Minister of Prisons and Correctional Services from March 1995 to August 2002.Entry at the Contemporary Africa Database . He was appointed as Minister of Labour on 27 August 2002,"Aug 2002 - Namibia", Keesing's Record of World Events, volume 48, August 2002, Namibia, page 44,924. and after nearly two years in that position he was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs by president Sam Nujoma on 27 May 2004. This appointment followed Nujoma's dismissal of the previous foreign minister, Hidipo Hamutenya, in the midst of a struggle within SWAPO regarding the nomination of a presidential candidate."Nujoma appoints new foreign minister", Agence France-Presse, 27 May 2004.
Hausiku received the 16th highest number of votes, 345, in the election to the central committee of SWAPO at the party's August 2002 congress."The ruling party's new Central Committee" , The Namibian, 27 August 2002. He was SWAPO's Secretary for External Relations as of January 2008.Christof Maletsky, "Surprise changes in Swapo" , The Namibian, 29 January 2008.
Amidst a push for new faces in the National Assembly, Hausiku opted not to seek a spot on the SWAPO list for the 2014 election., New Era, 2 September 2014. After leaving parliament, he was designated as rector of the Swapo Party School, which was launched in May 2016. He was intended to serve as rector in an interim capacity for the school's first year.Tuyeimo Haidula, "Hausiku back in limelight ... former deputy prime minister appointed interim Swapo school rector" , The Namibian, 24 May 2016, p.1"Don’t doubt Swapo School – Geingob", New Era, 24 May 2016.
Death Hausiku died on 26 August 2021 at the age of 68, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Namibia, from post-COVID-19 complications. He was buried at Heroes' Acre outside Windhoek on 11 September.
Hausiku's widow, Toini Mwahangange Hausiku, who also served as the Deputy Mayor of Rundu Town Council, also passed on at the age of 72, on the 19 July 2026.
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