Samuel Mbambo

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Rev. Samuel Kaveto Mbambo (born in Kavango Region) is a Namibian politician, diplomat, theologian, historian, and academic. He was a governor of the Kavango Region, and after its split into Kavango West and Kavango East, also of these new entities. [1] He also served as ambassador of the Republic of Namibia to the Russian Federation and as Namibia's high commissioner to the Republic of India. [2]

Mbambo was appointed governor of Namibia's Kavango Region in April 2013, succeeding Maurus Nekaro. [3] When the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, responsible for recommending on the country's administrative divisions suggested in August 2013 to split the Kavango Region into two, creating the new regions of Kavango East and Kavango West, [4] Mbambo was for a few months governor of both. [5] In April 2014 Sirkka Ausiku was appointed governor of Kavango West while Mbambo continued as governor of Kavango East. [6] His term expired in 2020, and he was not reappointed. [7] Mbambo is a long-term SWAPO member and was elected to its central committee in 2021. [8]

Mbambo is a pastor in the Evangelical Reformed Church of Africa [9] and President of the Council of Churches in Namibia. [10]

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  2. ↑ Список руководителей дипломатических и консульских представительств зарубежных государств в России (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  3. ↑ Immanuel, Shinovene (22 April 2013). "Pohamba continues to pave way for Geingob". The Namibian .
  4. ↑ Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era . allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Haufiku, Mathias (22 August 2013). "Kavango awaits second governor". New Era . Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "New broom in new region". The Namibian . Vol. 28, no. 76. Namibia Press Agency. 28 April 2014. p. 2.
  7. ↑ "Goodbye". Namibian Sun . 10 April 2020. p. 1.
  8. ↑ "Sampofu, Mbambo sworn in as Swapo central committee members". The Namibian . 10 February 2021.
  9. ↑ Witchcraft and healing in the Kavango Theological Forum, November 1994 interview
  10. ↑ Ask God for forgiveness to end violence' - CCN The Namibian, 14 October 2002


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