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Nangolo Mbumba (born 15 August 1941) is a Namibian politician who is the fourth president of Namibia.He became president after the death of Hage Geingob, under whom he had served as the second vice-president of Namibia from 2018 to 2024.
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 , as chair of the Cabinet and is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces , according to the Constitution .
Geingob and US President Joe Biden at the United States–Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, December 2022. As the SWAPO candidate, Geingob was elected President of Namibia by an overwhelming margin on 28 November 2014, receiving 87% of the vote. [2] He was sworn in as president on 21 March 2015. [25]
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Namibia's President Hage Geingob, 82, died in hospital early on Sunday, the presidency said, weeks after he was diagnosed with cancer. Geingob had been in charge of the ...
Geingob took office as the third president of Namibia in 2015 and had earlier been the longest-serving prime minister of the South African nation. He was due to finish his second and final term in ...
Namibia's Nangolo Mbumba, who took over as interim president of the southern African country on Sunday after Hage Geingob died in office, said he had no plans to run in elections due at the end of ...
The Namibian head of state is the president, elected by popular vote every five years. Namibia's founding president is Sam Nujoma, who was in office for three terms from 21 March 1990 (Namibia's Independence Day) until 21 March 2005. Hifikepunye Pohamba was Namibia's second president serving from 2005 to 2015.
Namibia's President Hage Geingob will travel to the United States on Wednesday to undergo cancer treatment, the presidency has announced. A regular medical check-up earlier this month revealed the ...