US president Joe Biden has joined global leaders to extend condolences to former first lady Monica Geingos and the Namibian people on the passing of president Hage Geingob.
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Chinese president Xi Jinping
Chinese president Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to Namibia’s newly-sworn-in President Nangolo Mbumba over the passing of former president Hage Geingob on 4 February 2024.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
The United Nations Secretary-General paid tribute to late president Hage Geingob during the UN General Assembly’s 55th plenary meeting’s 78th session on Wednesday, 7 February 2024.
Founding President Sam Nujoma
In his message of condolences, Nujoma said a dark shadow has fallen across the entire nation as it mourns the passing of Geingob.
My father applied his whole golden heart: Nangula
“HE fathered an entire nation with the same love and concern with which he fathered his family.”
My father’s spirit lives on among Namibians: Mangaliso
PRESIDENT Hage Geingob’s firstborn son, Mangaliso Toure Fernandez Geingob, says Namibia has a bright future because of selfless people like his late father.
Always on time
Emmency Nuukala, a former photographer at the New Era newspaper, describes the late president Hage Geingob as someone who had the ability to connect with people, and his humanity will be missed.
Former presidential photographer reflects on moments with Geingob
Maria Namundjebo, who previously worked with the late President Hage Geingob as a presidential photographer, has described Geingob as a leader and mentor who motivated her to follow her dreams.
Geingob, the measure of a man
President Hage Geingob will be sorely missed, but certainly not for the prosperity he gleefully promised the Namibian people.
The last interview
I remember interviewing then-president Hage Geingob on the occasion of his 80th birthday at State House, and he was in the best of moods.