Maurus Nekaro (August 25, 1955 – March 4, 2013) was a

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and member of the SWAPO

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. Nekaro served as the Governor of Kavango ;)Region, one of Namibia's thirteen regions, from December 2010 until his death on March 4, 2013. Nekaro graduated from Rundu Secondary School in

Rundu Rundu is the capital and largest city of the Kavango-East Region in northern Namibia. It lies on the border with Angola on the banks of the Kavango River about above sea level. Rundu's population is growing rapidly. The 2001 census counted 36,9 ...

, South-West Africa (present-day Namibia), in 1977. He received both his Bachelor of Commerce and Masters of Philosophy degrees from the

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. He also attended the

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. Nekaro served as the Mayor of

, the capital of Kavango Region, from 1997 until 2003. He then served as the deputy director of finance for the Ohangwena Regional Council prior from 2004 to 2010. In December 2010, Nekaro was appointed as the Governor of the northern Kavango Region by Namibian 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 wa ...

. Governor Maurus Nekaro became ill after attending the Mandume Day ceremony held at the Omhedi Palace in the

Ohangwena Region Ohangwena is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Eenhana. Major settlements in the region are the towns Eenhana and Helao Nafidi aa well as the self-governed village of Okongo. , Ohangwena had 150,724 registered voters. Ohang ...

, Namibia, on March 2, 2013. He was discovered unresponsive at the Monte Carlos Bed & Breakfast in Eenhana, where he was staying. He was driven to an Eenhana District Hospital by his driver, where he was pronounced dead early on March 4, 2013, at the age of 58. An autopsy conducted at Oshakati State Hospital preliminarily determined that he died from chronic high blood pressure. He was survived by his wife and seven children.

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