Official address by the Republic of Madagascar at the occasion of the State Memorial for the late President of the Republic of Namibia, Dr. Hage G. Geingob

Your Excellency Dr. Nangolo Mbumba, President of the Republic of Namibia and Chief Mourner, Madame Monica Geingos, Widow, the Children and Grandchildren, and the entire bereaved Family, Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government, Right Honourable Prime Ministers and Deputy Prime Ministers, Chief Justices, Ministers and Deputy Ministers Members of Parliament, Distinguished Service Chiefs, Your Excellencies Ambassadors and High Commissioners, Distinguished Heads of International and Regional Organizations, Senior Government Officials, […]

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Address by High Commissioner of India Mandarapu Subbarayudu at the occasion of the State Memorial Service fot eh late President of Namibia, Dr. Hage G. Geingob

His Excellency Dr Nangolo Mbumba, President of the Republic of Namibia H.E. Dr. Sam Nujoma, Founding President, H. E. Dr. Pohamba, 2nd President Madame Monica Geingos, former First Lady Excellencies, Heads of State & Government and Delegations Ladies and Gentlemen It is with heavy heart that I, representing the people and Government of the Republic of India, join you at this State Memorial Service to pay our respectful tribute to […]

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Lusaka, Zambia’s Kasama Road to be renamed for former Namibian President.

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema said at the official Memorial Service for the late President Hage G. Geingob that Kasama Road will be renamed in honour of Geingob. https://youtu.be/RflfZIRw2hc

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Geingob’s legacy must be preserved: Lourenço

President of Angola and Southern African Development Community (SADC) chairperson, João Lourenço said the late Hage Geingob’s legacy must be preserved and should serve as reference for the achievement and great objectives of SADC and Africa. Speaking at the final memorial service of Geingob here on Saturday, Lourenço emphasised that doing so will serve as paying homage to Africa’s great son of contemporary history. He highlighted that while serving as […]

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Statement by His Excellency, Dr. Mokgweetsi E.K. Masisi President of Republic of Botswana on the occasion of the Memorial Service of the late former President of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob

• His Excellency Dr. Nangolo Mbumba, President of the Republic of Namibia and your Dear Wife; • Madame Former First Lady Monica Geingos; • The Geingob Children and All Bereaved; • Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government; • The People of Namibia; Good Afternoon On this sombre day as we gather to repose our final respects on one of Africa’s heroes and while the mood in the atmosphere is […]

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The world will miss Geingob: Nandi-Ndaitwah

Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has said that the presence of over 20 heads of state at the memorial service of the late President Hage Geingob is testament that the world will miss him. She made the statement while delivering her tribute during the memorial service held in Geingob’s honour at the Independence Stadium in Windhoek on Saturday. Nandi-Ndaitwah said it was not by mistake that the ruling party, Swapo, deployed […]

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Abridged biography of H.E Hage G. Geingob by Honourable Prof. Peter H. Katjavivi, MP Speaker of the National Assembly on the occasion of the official Memorial Service of H.E Hage G. Geingob

Director of Ceremonies, Hon. Pio Nganate, Governor of the Omaheke Region, Following the sixth national democratic elections in 2014, H.E. Dr. Hage G. Geingob was sworn in Office on the 21st of March 2015 as the third President of the Republic of Namibia. In 2019, during the 7th National Assembly and presidential elections, President Geingob was re-elected to a second term in Office. Dr. Geingob was also the third President […]

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Geingob was a unifier: Nujoma

Namibia’s late President, Dr Hage Geingob, will be remembered as a unifier as he embodied a politics of inclusivity. This is according to Namibia’s Founding President Sam Nujoma, who paid tribute to Geingob during Geingob’s State memorial service here on Saturday. Nujoma noted in a statement delivered on his behalf by Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila at the official public event that the outpouring of love from all over the world […]

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World leaders attend President Geingob’s memorial service

Three weeks after Namibia’s third President, Dr Hage Geingob, passed away, thousands attended his memorial service in Windhoek on Saturday. A multitude of Namibians and dignitaries from across the world gathered at the national stadium to remember and honour the former Head of State. Geingob, who was in the final term of his presidency since he took over in 2015, died in a Windhoek hospital on 04 February 2024. Close […]

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