Namibian President Hage Geingob has died at the age of 82, his office has said, less than three weeks after it was announced he would undergo treatment for cancer, Aljazeera reported on Sunday.
The Namibian President, in his capacity as the Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community(SADC) Troika,was supportive of the eSwatini struggle for democracy and on numerous occasions, he told King Mswati to engage pro-democracy groups in a political dialogue.
Geingob died on Sunday at Lady Pohamba Hospital in the capital Windhoek with his wife and his children at his side, acting president Nangolo Mbumba said in a statement posted on Geingob’s official Facebook page.
“The Namibian nation has lost a distinguished servant of the people, a liberation struggle icon, the chief architect of our constitution and the pillar of the Namibian house,” Mbumba said.
The late Namibian President Hage Geingob.