Hage Geingob (born 3 August 1941) is a Namibian politician who was the first Prime Minister of Namibia following its independence, serving from 1990 to 2002. He has been the Vice-President of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), Namibia's ruling party, since 2007, and he has been Minister of Trade and Industry since 2008.
Geingob was born in the Grootfontein District of Namibia. He received his early education at Otavi in Namibia ...
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Hage Geingob (born 3 August 1941) is a Namibian politician who was the first Prime Minister of Namibia following its independence, serving from 1990 to 2002. He has been the Vice-President of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), Namibia's ruling party, since 2007, and he has been Minister of Trade and Industry since 2008.
Geingob was born in the Grootfontein District of Namibia. He received his early education at Otavi in Namibia under the Bantu Education System. He joined the Augustineum Training College in 1958 where most of today’s prominent political leaders of Namibia were educated. In 1960, he was expelled from Augustineum for having participated in a march to protest the poor quality of education. He was, however, re-admitted and was able to finish the teacher-training course in 1961. Subsequently, he took up a teaching position at the Tsumeb Primary School in Central Namibia but soon discovered that his thirst for knowledge was unlikely to be quenched in...
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