The President of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency. Mr. Dr. Nangolo Mbumba, arrived this Sunday in Cuba on an official visit that will last until December 18.
As part of the program, he will hold official conversations with the President of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, meetings with other Cuban authorities and will carry out other activities. On the occasion, the “José Martí Order” will be awarded to him, the highest decoration awarded by the government of the Republic of Cuba. The signing of agreements that will promote bilateral ties is also planned.
The ties between Cuba and Namibia are historical, excellent and brotherly. In 2025 the 35th anniversary of bilateral relations will be reached.
(Cubaminrex)
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Abbreviated biography of the Hon. Mr. Dr. Nangolo Mbumba President of the Republic of Namibia
Born on August 15, 1941 in Olukonda, Oshikoto Region, Namibia, the Hon. Mr. Dr. Nangolo Mbumba is the fourth and current President of the Republic of Namibia following the death of the third President of Namibia, His Excellency. Mr. Dr. Hage Gottfried Geingob. Before ascending to the office of President of the Republic of Namibia, he served as Vice President from 2018 to February 2024.
He studied at Southern Connecticut State College in the US, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in 1971 and then completed a Master of Science in Biology at the University of Connecticut in 1973.
In 1978 he left New York and as part of the SWAPO liberation movement, he became head of the Science Department at the Namibia Educational Center in Cuanza Sul, Angola. In 1980, he was promoted to the position of director of the center. He held this position until 1985, when he became Undersecretary of Education of SWAPO.
A member of SWAPO since the early 1960s, Nangolo Mbumba left Namibia in 1965 for exile through Botswana to Zambia and became Under-Secretary for Education and Culture of SWAPO in 1985. In 1987 he was appointed personal secretary to the founding president of the SWAPO liberation movement, Dr. Sam Nujoma.
In 1990, Nangolo Mbumba joined the new Government of an independent Namibia as Cabinet Secretary.
Nangolo Mbumba was a member of the National Assembly between 1993 and 2018. He was appointed to several ministerial positions, including Minister of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development (1993-1996); Minister of Finance (1996-2003); Minister of Information and Broadcasting (2003-2005); Minister of Education (2005-2010); and Minister of Security and Protection (2010-2012).
In 2012, Nangolo Mbumba was elected Secretary General of the Ruling Party, SWAPO, and served in that position full-time until 2017. In February 2018, he was appointed Vice President of the Republic of Namibia, a position he held until 4 February 2024 when He became president of the Republic of Namibia.
Nangolo Mbumba is married to Sustjie Nashili Mbumba and they have six children and ten grandchildren.