Hage Gottfried Geingob (3 August 1941 – 4 February 2024) was a Namibian politician.
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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.
Hage Geingob | |
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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 (acting) |
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 | Otjiwarongo, South West Africa (now Namibia) | 3 August 1941
Died | 4 February 2024 Windhoek, Namibia | (aged 82)
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 |
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.
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