Rev. Samuel Kaveto Mbambo (born in Kavango Region) is a

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

n politician, diplomat, theologian, historian, and academic. He was a governor of the

Kavango Region Kavango (before 1998: Okavango) was one of the thirteen regions of Namibia until it was split into the Kavango East and Kavango West Regions in 2013. Its capital was Rundu. In the north, Kavango bordered the Cuando Cubango Province of Angola, and ...

, and after its split into

Kavango West Kavango West is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital and only self-governed settlement is Nkurenkuru, its governor is Sirkka Ausiku. The Region was created in 2013 when the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West ...

and

Kavango East Kavango East is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Rundu, its governor is Bonifatius Wakudumo. The Region was created in 2013 when the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West. The only self-governed settlem ...

, also of these new entities. He also served as ambassador of the

Republic of Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

to the

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and as Namibia's high commissioner to the Republic of India. Mbambo was appointed governor of Namibia's

in April 2013, succeeding

Maurus Nekaro Maurus Nekaro (August 25, 1955 – March 4, 2013) was a Namibian politician and member of the SWAPO political party. Nekaro served as the Governor of Kavango ;)Region, one of Namibia's thirteen regions, from December 2010 until his death on March ...

. When the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, responsible for recommending on the country's

administrative divisions Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

suggested in August 2013 to split the

into two, creating the new regions of

and

, Mbambo was for a few months governor of both. In April 2014

Sirkka Ausiku Sirkka Namutenya Anneli Mwahafa Ausiku (born 1964) is a Namibian administrator and politician. She is the governor of Kavango West Region since 2014. Ausiku was born on 9 April 1964 in Nkurenkuru in the Kavango West Region. She holds a diploma in ...

was appointed governor of Kavango West while Mbambo continued as governor of Kavango East. His term expired in 2020, and he was not reappointed. Mbambo is a long-term

SWAPO The South West Africa People's Organisation (, SWAPO; af, Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie, SWAVO; german: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former ind ...

member and was elected to its

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in 2021. Mbambo is a pastor in the Evangelical Reformed Church of Africa and President of the

Council of Churches in Namibia The Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) is an ecumenical organisation in Namibia. Its member churches together represent 1.5 million people, 90% of the population of Namibia. It is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Councils in Southern Afric ...

.Ask God for forgiveness to end violence' - CCN

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, 14 October 2002

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people SWAPO politicians Namibian Lutheran clergy Ambassadors of Namibia to Russia Ambassadors of Namibia to Ukraine People from Kavango Region High Commissioners of Namibia to India {{Namibia-politician-stub