According to comprehensive foreign media reports, Nangolo Mbemba was sworn in in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, on the 4th local time, taking over the late Geingob and becoming the fourth after the country's independence.
Data map: Namibia's new ** Nangolo Mbemba.
Born on 15 August 1941 in South-West Africa (present-day Namibia), Mbemba led several ministries in Namibia. From 2012 to 2017, he served as General Secretary of the South West African People's Organization, Namibia's ruling party; Since 2018, he has served as Deputy Governor of Namibia.
According to Reuters, Memba said he had no intention of running in the elections to be held at the end of the year.
Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony, Memba said: "My goal is to become a school principal, and I have achieved that and now I must thank the people of Namibia for the honour of serving as ** for a short time." ”
In the early morning of the 4th local time, Namibia's then ** Geingob died of cancer at the age of 82.
The BBC reported that Geingob had previously been diagnosed with cancer. In January of this year, the Namibian government** announced that Geingob would take sick leave from January 25 to February 2 to travel to the United States to receive a new ** for cancer cells. During this period, Deputy Mbemba served as ***
Geingob was born in August 1941 and served as Namibia's first post-independence Prime Minister. In March 2015, Geingob took office in Namibia**.
*: China News Network.