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Hage Geingob, Namibia’s president, dies aged 82 after cancer treatment

Hage Geingob, Namibia’s president, dies aged 82 after cancer treatment

First prime minister after independence from South Africa went on to become third president in 2014 and won re-election in 2019

Namibia’s president, Hage Geingob, died early on Sunday in a hospital in the capital, Windhoek, the presidential office said in a statement. He was 82.

First elected president in 2014, Geingob was Namibia’s longest serving prime minister and third president. Namibia is to hold presidential and national assembly elections towards the end of the year.

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