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Namibia’s President Hage Geingob during the 75th anniversary celebrations of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at its headquarters in Paris on November 12, 2021.
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Namibian President Hage Geingob has passed away at the age of 82 at a hospital in Windhoek, the capital, where he was undergoing medical treatment, according to a statement from Acting President Nangolo Mbumba.
Geingob passed away shortly after midnight, around 12:04 a.m. ET on Sunday, at Lady Pohamba Hospital, with his wife Monica Geingos and children beside him, according to the statement posted on the presidency’s X, formerly known as Twitter, account.
Geingob had been receiving treatment at the hospital after disclosing his cancer diagnosis in January. He had returned last Wednesday from the United States, where he was participating in a two-day treatment as part of a medical trial, according to his office.
“His medical team, as I informed the nation only yesterday, has been trying its utmost best to ensure that our president recovers. Regrettably, notwithstanding the team’s spirited effort to save his life, sadly, fellow Namibians, President Geingob passed on,” Mbumba said.
Mbumba urged the nation to “remain calm and collected” while the government makes state arrangements and preparations, adding that further details will be announced at a later date.
He mentioned that the cabinet had immediately convened to make the necessary state arrangements in response to the president’s passing.
Geingob had been in office as president since 2015 and was serving his second term. He also held the position of the country’s first prime minister from 1990 to 2002 under former President Sam Nujoma, following Namibia’s independence from South Africa.
