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Hon. Hage Gottfried Geingob (August 3, 1941 –February 4, 2024) was a Namibian politician who served as the third president of Namibia and Commander-in-Chief of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) from 2015 until his death in February 2024. Geingob was the first Prime Minister of Namibia from 1990 to 2002, and served as prime minister again from ...
v. t. e. The president of the Republic of Namibia is the head of state and the head of government of Namibia. The president directs the executive branch of the Government of Namibia, as chair of the Cabinet and is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, according to the Constitution of Namibia.
Sustjie Mbumba. since February 4, 2024. Inaugural holder. Kovambo Nujoma. Formation. March 21, 1990. First Lady of Namibia[ 1] is the title of the wife of the president of Namibia. There have been four first ladies (and presidents) since Namibia's independence in 1990.
Namibian President Hage Geingob has died at the age of 82 at a hospital in the capital Windhoek, where he was receiving medical treatment, according to a statement from Acting President Nangolo ...
Namundjebo-Tilahun is also the chairperson of the SADC Chamber of Commerce and sits on the board of several Namibian companies, including Standard Bank Namibia. She owns Namibia's only Five-Star hotel, the Hilton Hotel in Windhoek. [1] In 2021, documents forming part of the Congo Hold-Up revealed financial links between a Namibian fishing ...
Sam Nujoma. Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma, [1] (/ nuːˈjoʊmə /; born 12 May 1929) is a Namibian revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served three terms as the first President of Namibia, from 1990 to 2005. Nujoma was a founding member and the first president of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) in ...
The history of Namibia has passed through several distinct stages from being colonised in the late nineteenth century to Namibia's independence on 21 March 1990. From 1884, Namibia was a German colony: German South West Africa. After the First World War, the League of Nations gave South Africa a mandate to administer the territory.
The State House was designed by the North Korean company Mansudae Overseas Projects and built over a period of 66 months. [4] [5] In September 2002, at the end of his term, Sam Nujoma, the first president of Namibia, had construction begin on the new building, to replace the old State House in the inner city, [6] because both the office space in the old State House and the parking area were ...