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Hage Gottfried Geingob (born 3 August 1941) is a
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n politician, serving as the third
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since 21 March 2015. Geingob was the first
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from 1990 to 2002, and served as prime minister again from 2012 to 2015. Between 2008 and 2012 Geingob served as
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. He is also the current president of the ruling
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since his election to the position in November 2017. In November 2014, Geingob was
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president of Namibia by an overwhelming margin. In November 2017, Geingob became the third president of SWAPO after winning by large margin at the party's 6th Congress. In August 2018, Geingob began a one-year term as chairperson of the
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.


Early life

Geingob was born in
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,
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(present day
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), in 1941. He received his early education at
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in South West Africa under the Bantu Education System. He joined the Augustineum, where most of today's prominent political leaders of Namibia were educated, in 1958. In 1960, he was expelled from Augustineum for having participated in a march in protest at the poor quality of education. He was, however, readmitted and finished the teacher-training course in 1961. Subsequently, he took up a teaching position at the Tsumeb Primary School in Central Namibia, but soon discovered that his thirst for knowledge was unlikely to be quenched in Namibia. As a teacher, he also hated being an unwilling instrument in perpetuating the Bantu Education System. Therefore, at the end of the school year, he left his job to seek knowledge and instruction that could help him change the system. He and three of his colleagues walked and hitchhiked to
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to escape the system. From Botswana, he was scheduled to go to
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,
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, on a plane chartered by the
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(ANC), but the plane was blown up by
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ns. However, the bomb that was planted on the plane went off prematurely, before the plane was able to take off. Subsequently, the
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regime also tightened up the "underground railway". As a result, Geingob stayed in Botswana, where he served as Assistant South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) Representative (1963–64).


University years

In 1964 Geingob left for the United States to study at
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in
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, Pennsylvania, where he was granted a scholarship. Subsequently, he obtained a BA degree from
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in
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in 1970 and an MA degree in
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from the Graduate Faculty of
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, New York in 1974. In 1964, he was appointed SWAPO Representative at the
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and to the Americas. He served in this position until 1971. He travelled extensively, criss-crossing the United States, talking with people, and addressing gatherings. He and his colleagues were not always successful, but ultimately the
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recognised SWAPO as the sole and authentic representative of the people of Namibia. Namibians' struggle at the international fora, and their armed struggle launched in 1966, eventually led to the
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in 1990.


Career as politician and educationist

In 1972 Geingob was appointed to the
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as political affairs officer, a position he held until 1975, when he was appointed director of the
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. He and his team were responsible for starting the institute, whose primary function was to train cadres who could take over the
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of Namibia upon independence. Another important component of the institute was to carry out sectoral research to develop a policy framework for the government of independent Namibia. Over the years, it grew in stature and institutional relations were established with various institutions of higher learning in Europe, including the
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,
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, and
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. These and other institutions recognized the institute's diploma and admitted its graduates for further studies. Geingob was director of the United Nations Institute for Namibia until 1989. At the same time, he continued to be a member of both the Central Committee and the
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of SWAPO. In 1989, he was elected by the Politburo of SWAPO to spearhead SWAPO's election campaign in Namibia. To carry out this assignment, he returned to Namibia with many of his colleagues on 18 June 1989, after 27 years' absence from the country. As SWAPO's Director of Elections, Geingob, along with other members of his directorate, established SWAPO election centres throughout the country and spearheaded an election campaign that brought SWAPO to power in Namibia. On 21 November 1989, subsequent to the elections, he was elected chairman of the
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, which was responsible for formulating the
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. But before a constitution could be formulated, he had to ensure that the Constituent Assembly went through a process of confidence building between the people, who were known for their hatred of each other. Subsequently, national reconciliation became government policy. Under Geingob's chairmanship, the Constituent Assembly unanimously adopted the Namibian Constitution on 9 February 1990. On 21 March 1990, Geingob was sworn in as the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Namibia, and on 21 March 1995, he was sworn in for a second term. He served in this capacity for 12 years. As prime minister Geingob introduced modern management approaches to the government; he was also committed to nature conservation coupled with
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, and in the early 1990s opened the Ongava Lodge, just south of
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. In a cabinet reshuffle on 27 August 2002, Geingob was replaced as prime minister by
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and appointed Minister of Regional and Local Government and Housing,Christof Maletsky,
Nujoma shuffles the Cabinet pack
, ''The Namibian'', 28 August 2002.
but declined to accept this lesser position. He had placed ninth, with 368 votes, in the election to the
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of SWAPO at the party's August 2002 congress, but on 15 September, he failed to be reelected to the SWAPO
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; he received 33 votes from the 83-member central committee, while the lowest scoring successful candidate received 35 votes. In 2003 Geingob was invited to be Executive Secretary of the Global Coalition for Africa based in
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The Global Coalition for Africa is an intergovernmental forum that brings together top African policymakers and their partners in the international community to build consensus on Africa's priority development issues. It is based on the premise that Africa can grow only from within, but to do so it needs outside support. His focus was to work with African continental and regional organizations and Africa's development partners toward conflict resolution in Africa, promotion of
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in African states, and integration of African economies in the global economy. In the nomination of SWAPO parliamentary candidates by party delegates on 2 October 2004, Geingob, at the time still in Washington working for the Global Coalition for Africa, placed 28th out of 60. He then left the Global Coalition for Africa and returned to Namibia to participate in the November 2004 parliamentary election, in which he won a seat. Geingob became the party
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of SWAPO in the National Assembly on 18 April 2007. He was brought back into the SWAPO politburo in mid-2007, filling one of two vacancies. In November 2007, a few weeks before a party congress, the politburo named Geingob its sole candidate for the position of vice-president of SWAPO.Christof Maletsky
"Hage named heir apparent"
''The Namibian'', 12 November 2007.
At the congress, he was accordingly elected without opposition on November 29, 2007"Nujoma succeeded by Pohamba"
AFP, 30 November 2007
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(1 February 2010).
and appointed
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on 8 April 2008. At SWAPO's 2012 party congress, Geingob was reelected as vice-president on 2 December,"Namibia leader taps trade minister as likely successor"
''Reuters'', 4 December 2012.
a result considered likely to make him the successor of
Hifikepunye Pohamba Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born 18 August 1936) is a Namibian politician who served as the second president of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March 2015. He won the 2004 presidential election overwhelmingly as the candidate of SWAPO, and was ...
as president of Namibia in 2015. Geingob received 312 votes from the delegates, while
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received 220 and
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64. Following the congress, Pohamba appointed Geingob prime minister on 4 December 2012. As the SWAPO candidate, Geingob was
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President of Namibia by an overwhelming margin on 28 November 2014, receiving 87% of the vote. He was sworn in as president on 21 March 2015; the ceremony was attended by 15 regional Heads of State and Government. Following his inauguration he appointed several young people including
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,
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and Daisry Mathias In November 2019 Geingob was reelected with 56.3% of the vote. While speaking to newspaper ''
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'' in December 2016, he dared the United States to join the
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to reassure the court is not particularly targeting Africans. He is the current chairperson of SADC after being elected to the position in 2018. In April 2021, the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and ''
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'' reported that Geingob was involved in the Fishrot scandal by allegedly instructing a government official to divert funds from a state-run fishing company to bribe attendees of the 2017
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electoral congress to vote for him.


Personal life

Geingob is known to be a die-hard football fan and has attended many high-profile games. He also regularly attends the Namibia Annual Music Awards (NAMAs), and in his youth sang in a choir, and played in a band. In 1967 Geingob married Priscilla Charlene Cash, a
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native; the couple had one daughter, Nangula Geingos-Dukes. Geingob later married Loini Kandume, a businesswoman, on 11 September 1993, in
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, in a high-profile marriage which resulted in two children: a daughter and a son. Geingob initiated divorce proceedings against Kandume in May 2006, and he was granted a provisional divorce order in July 2008."Geingob marriage on rocks"
''
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'', 24 July 2008.
Geingob married Monica Kalondo on February 14, 2015.
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's Medical School Campus both in Windhoek are named after him.


Awards, honours and recognition

* In 1980, awarded the
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(Officer Class) by the French Government in recognition of valuable services in education. * In 1987, awarded Omugulugwombashe Medal (SWAPO) for bravery and long service. * In 1994, awarded
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by Columbia College,
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. * In 1994, awarded the second highest order in
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. * In 1994, awarded the Order of the Sun, 1st Class by the Government of Namibia for providing outstanding political leadership. * In 1995, awarded LL.D. (Doctorate of Laws) Honoris Causa by the
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, India. * In 1997, awarded LL.D. (Doctorate of Laws) Honoris Causa by the
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. * In 1998, awarded Doctorate of Humane Letters (Honoris Causa) by
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. *In 2001, a new school aimed at educating deprived children was opened in
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and named after the president. The
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educates many from the
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around
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. * In 2015, was conferred the Order of the Most Ancient Welwitschia Mirabilis by then-President
Hifikepunye Pohamba Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born 18 August 1936) is a Namibian politician who served as the second president of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March 2015. He won the 2004 presidential election overwhelmingly as the candidate of SWAPO, and was ...
, upon Geingob's inauguration as Namibia's third President on 21 March 2015


Research activities and publications

Hage Geingob received his
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from the
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. His thesis was entitled "State Formation in Namibia: Promoting Democracy and Good Governance". In his thesis, he examined significant events in the process of state formation in Namibia and provided an insight into the role played by various actors involved in shaping the evolution of Namibia as a state. He also examined the efforts of Namibians to build a reconciled society out of ethnically and racially stratified, diverse and often antagonistic groups, to promote democracy and a policy of reconciliation, to improve the life condition of the previously disadvantaged groups through affirmative action, to encourage good
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, to promote a culture of
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, and to build state institutions to support these policies. Finally, he carried out a democratic audit of Namibia. As the director of the Institute for Namibia and as the chairman of the Research Coordinating Committee, Hage Geingob oversaw all research activities at the United Nations Institute for Namibia. The result of this effort resulted in 22 published research studies. He was also the chairman of the most comprehensive study ever undertaken on Namibia, ''Namibia: Perspectives for National Reconstruction and Development'', which was undertaken by the United Nations Institute for Namibia in pursuance of the mandate given to it by the
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.''Namibia: Perspectives for National Reconstruction and Development''
United Nations Institute for Namibia, 1986, page 10
This study covered all aspects of socio-economic reconstruction and development for independent Namibia. This study came to be known as the "Blue Bible", referring to the colour of its cover, among the researchers and planners of Namibia. Indeed, this study provided the blueprint for setting up the new government in independent Namibia. In addition, Hage Geingob has contributed numerous articles to various publications, including
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s,
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s and
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s. He has travelled extensively covering all the continents and has attended, chaired, and presented papers at numerous UN and other international conferences. He also regularly attended the General Assembly sessions from 1965 to 1985.


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