Hage Geingob

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Hage Geingob was a Namibian politician who played a central role in the country’s independence movement and later served as both its prime minister and president.

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Hage Geingob canonical 2

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instanceOf Namibian politician
head of state
human
politician
president
prime minister
academicDegree doctorate
awardReceived Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Order of the Sun (Namibia)
causeOfDeath cancer
country Namibia
countryOfCitizenship Namibia
dateOfBirth 1941-08-03
dateOfDeath 2024-02-04
describedBySource Namibian government records
international news media
educatedAt Fordham University
Temple University
The New School
ethnicGroup Damara
familyName Geingob
givenName Hage
headOfGovernmentOf Namibia
headOfStateOf Namibia
languageSpoken Afrikaans
English
Oshiwambo
memberOfPoliticalParty South West Africa People's Organization
surface form: SWAPO
notableWork role in drafting the Constitution of Namibia
officeEndTime 2002-08-27
2015-03-21
2024-02-04
officeStartTime 1990-03-21
2012-12-04
2015-03-21
participantIn South African Border War
surface form: Namibian War of Independence

South West Africa People's Organization
surface form: Namibian independence movement
placeOfBirth Namibia
Otjiwarongo
Territory of South West Africa
surface form: South West Africa
placeOfDeath Namibia
Windhoek
positionHeld Chairperson of the Constituent Assembly of Namibia
Director of Elections of Namibia
Minister of Trade and Industry of Namibia
President of Namibia
Prime Minister of Namibia
religion Christianity
residence Windhoek
sexOrGender male
spouse Loini Geingos
Monica Geingos
workLocation Windhoek

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