Inauguration of Hage Geingob

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Inauguration of Hage Geingob
Date21 March 2015;8 years ago (2015-03-21)
Location Independence Stadium
Windhoek, Namibia
Participants Hage Geingob
Foreign Dignitaries (15 HOSG)

The inauguration of Hage Geingob as the 3rd president of Namibia took place on Saturday, 21 March 2015. The inauguration marked the beginning of the first term of Hage Geingob as President following the general election. [1] It coincided with the 25th independence anniversary celebrations.

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Attendance

Dignitaries

Foreign heads of states and governments who attended the ceremony. Inauguration of Hage Geingob.png
Foreign heads of states and governments who attended the ceremony.
CountryTitleDignitary
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola President José Eduardo dos Santos [2]
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana President Ian Khama [3]
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso [4]
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel [5]
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo [6]
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn [7]
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba [4]
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta [8]
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar President Hery Rajaonarimampianina
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta [9]
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi [10]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa [11]
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit [12]
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland King Mswati III [13]
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete [14] [15]
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia President Edgar Lungu [16]
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe [17]

Government representatives

CountryTitleDignitary
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Foreign Minister Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi [3]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Transport Minister Yang Chuantang [18]
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed [8]
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Transport Minister Michael Kamau [8]
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi Foreign Minister George Chaponda [ citation needed ]
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg  Sahrawi Republic Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Salek [19]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane [11]
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Foreign Minister Bernard Membe
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom [20]
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi [17]
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Foreign Minister Harry Kalaba [16]
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo [17]

Former leaders

CountryTitleDignitary
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 10th President Martti Ahtisaari
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana President Jerry Rawlings
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2nd President Thabo Mbeki
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2nd President Ali Hassan Mwinyi
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 3rd President Benjamin Mkapa
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1st President Kenneth Kaunda [21]
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 4th President Rupiah Banda [21]

International organisations

OrganisationTitleDignitary
African Union Chairperson of the AU Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Flag of SADC.svg Southern African Development Community Executive Secretary Stergomena Tax

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