Vivian Theo Diergaardt (1969/1970 – 22 July 2020) was a

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n politician and Member of Parliament. He was Deputy Minister of Lands and Resettlement from 2011 to 2015.

Life and career

Diergaardt grew up in Rehoboth and attended school there at Dr Lemmer High School. He graduated from

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with a Diploma in Cost and Management Accounting. Afterwards he obtained a Higher Diploma and a master's degree in the same discipline from Technicon SA, a distance university. Diergaardt was a

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politician. He was the Regional Councillor for the

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constituency and a member of the

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as a representative of

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, both from 2004 to 2015. In January 2011 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Lands and Resettlement, and in March 2015 he was appointed one of two Deputy Ministers of Agriculture, Water and Forestry. Diergaardt died, aged 50, after a short illness in Windhoek on 22 July 2020.Victoria Wolf
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'', 23 July 2020.

References

2020 deaths People from Rehoboth, Namibia Members of the National Council (Namibia) SWAPO politicians Government ministers of Namibia Year of birth uncertain Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Namibia {{Namibia-bio-stub