Namibian President Hage Geingob died early on Sunday morning in a hospital in Windhoek, his deputy Nangolo Mbumba announced on social media. Geingob was 82 years old. “The Namibian nation has lost an outstanding servant of the people, an icon of the liberation struggle, the leading architect of our Constitution and the pillar of the Namibian home,” Acting President Mbumba said in his statement.
He added that the Cabinet would meet with immediate effect to make necessary arrangements. Geingob was the country’s third president and had been in office since 2015.
His wife Monica and his children were by his side at the hospital, the statement said. Geingob was treated at the private hospital in the Namibian capital after doctors discovered cancer cells during a biopsy. The presidential office announced on February 1 that Geingob had returned from the US, where he had received a “new treatment against cancer cells”. (sda/dpa)
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