Kaire Mbuende

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Kaire Munionganda Mbuende (born 28 November 1953) is a Namibian politician and diplomat. Mbuende served as Namibian ambassador to the United Nations from August 2006 to December 2010. [1] An ethnic Herero, Mbuende has been a high-level member of the ruling SWAPO Party of Namibia since 1972, and served among others as information officer in Lusaka, Zambia. [2] From 2016 to 2020 Mbuende served as ambassador of Namibia to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg. [3]

Mbuende is married to fellow politician Maureen Hinda-Mbuende. They have six children. [4]

On Heroes' Day 2014 he was conferred the Excellent Order of the Eagle, Second Class. [5]

In March 2025, he was appointed Director-General, National Planning Commission by Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah.

References

  1. ↑ Weidlich, Brigitte (3 August 2006). "Mbuende appointed ambassador to the UN" . The Namibian .
  2. ↑ Kaire Mbuende Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine at the Namibia Institute for Democracy, 2007
  3. ↑ Tjitemisa, Kuzeeko (11 December 2020). "Geingob reshuffles diplomatic pack". New Era . Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Siririka, Paheja (26 March 2021). "At home with: Kaire Munionganda Mbuende". New Era . Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Namibians honoured by President". New Era . 28 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2014.


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