Hage Geingob
Hage Gottfried Geingob[1] (3 August 1941 – 4 February 2024[2]) was a Namibian politician. He was the third and the current President of Namibia from 21 March 2015 until his death on 4 February 2024. Geingob was the first Prime Minister of Namibia from 21 March 1990 to 28 August 2002 and again from 4 December 2012 to 21 March 2015.[2]
Hage Geingob | |
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 Hage Geingob in 2020 | |
| 3rd President of Namibia | |
| In office 21 March 2015 – 4 February 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Saara Kuugongelwa |
| Vice President | Nickey Iyambo (2015-2018) Nangolo Mbumba (2018-2024) |
| Preceded by | Hifikepunye Pohamba |
| Succeeded by | Nangolo Mbumba |
| President of SWAPO | |
| In office 26 November 2017 – 4 February 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Hifikepunye Pohamba |
| 1st and 4th Prime Minister of Namibia | |
| In office 4 December 2012 – 20 March 2015 | |
| President | Hifikepunye Pohamba |
| Preceded by | Nahas Angula |
| Succeeded by | Saara Kuugongelwa |
| In office 21 March 1990 – 28 August 2002 | |
| President | Sam Nujoma |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Theo-Ben Gurirab |
| Minister of Trade and Industry | |
| In office 8 April 2008 – 4 December 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Nahas Angula |
| Preceded by | Immanuel Ngatjizeko |
| Succeeded by | Calle Schlettwein |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 August 1941 Otjiwarongo, South West Africa (now Namibia) |
| Died | 4 February 2024 (aged 82) Windhoek, Namibia |
| Political party | SWAPO |
| Spouse(s) | Priscilla "Patty" Geingos (m. 1967; div. 1992) Loini Kandume (m. 1992; div. 2008) Monica Kalondo (m. 2015) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Temple University Fordham University (BA) The New School (MA) University of Leeds (PhD) |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Election
Again candidate in the presidential election of November 2019, Geingob is reelected with 56.3% of the votes cast, down from 86% he had obtained five years ago. Panduleni Itula, dissident candidate of Swapo, head of the Landless Movement (LPM) of Bernadus Swartbooi gets 30% of the vote. Opposition leader McHenry Venaani of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), formerly close to South Africa's apartheid, won 5.3 percent of the vote. The Swapo thus obtains 65% of the seats in the National Assembly, failing to obtain a two-thirds majority as in the previous legislature. Geingob is considered a populist in Namibia.
Death
On 8 January 2024, Geingob announced that he was diagnosed again with prostate cancer after a colonoscopy and a gastroscopy.[3] He went for treatment in the United States on 25 January and returned to Namibia on 30 January following two days of treatment.[4]
On 4 February 2024, Vice President Nangolo Mbumba announced that Geingob had died at a hospital in Windhoek, where he had been receiving treatment, aged 82.[5]
Hage Geingob Media
Swearing-in of President Hage Geingob (2015)
Geingob and US President Joe Biden at the United States–Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, December 2022
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References
- ↑ "Geingob is a champion of the poor". New Era Newspaper Namibia. October 31, 2014. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Hage Geingob, Namibia’s president, dies aged 82 after cancer treatment" (in en-GB). The Guardian. 4 February 2024. . https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/04/hage-geingob-namibias-president-dies-aged-82-after-cancer-treatment.
- ↑ "Namibian President Geingob dies in hospital while receiving treatment" (in en-GB). Africanews. 4 February 2024. https://www.africanews.com/2024/02/04/namibian-president-geingob-dies-in-hospital-while-receiving-treatment/. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ↑ Petersen, Shelleygan (4 February 2024). "President Hage Geingob is dead". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ↑ Namibian President Hage Geingob dies in a hospital where he was receiving treatment. National Public Radio. 4 February 2024. https://www.npr.org/2024/02/04/1228882132/namibian-president-hage-geingob-dies-in-a-hospital-where-he-was-receiving-treatm. Retrieved 4 February 2024.