List of ambassadors of Namibia to the United States

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Ambassador of Namibia to United States
Embassy of Namibia in Washington, D.C.
Embassy of Namibia in Washington, D.C.
Incumbent
Margaret Mensah-Williams
since December 10, 2020
Inaugural holderHinyangerwa Pius Asheeke
FormationAugust 11, 1990

The Namibian ambassador in Washington, D.C. is the official representative of the Government in Windhoek to the government of the United States. The two countries established diplomatic relations on 21 March 1990, the day of independence of Namibia.[1]

List of representatives[edit]

Date designated Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Observations President of Namibia President of the United States Term end
August 11, 1990 Hinyangerwa Pius Asheeke Resided in New York and asked on an exceptional basis not to be accredited as an Ambassador but as a Charge d'Affaires. Sam Nujoma George H. W. Bush
October 10, 1990 Hinyangerwa Pius Asheeke Born November 30, 1952, formerly ambassador at the Namibian embassy in Germany [de] (1996 to 2003), co-accredited as non-resident ambassador to Austria (from 23.07.1997).[2] Sam Nujoma George H. W. Bush
August 8, 1991 September 5, 1991[1] Tuliameni Kalomoh Sam Nujoma George H. W. Bush
August 28, 1996 October 9, 1996[1] Veiccoh Nghiwete Later High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa (16 December 2015)[3] Sam Nujoma Bill Clinton
April 1, 1999 April 19, 1999[1] Leonard Nangolo Iipumbu Sam Nujoma Bill Clinton
March 4, 2005 March 8, 2005[1] Hopelong Ushona Ipinge Formerly Namibian Ambassador to China (April 16, 1999 to January 29, 2005) and Namibian Ambassador to Brazil (November 7, 2006 to September 8, 2010) Hifikepunye Pohamba George W. Bush
August 15, 2006 September 12, 2006[1] Patrick Nandago Previously Chief of Protocol of the Namibian government (until 2004), and from June 18, 2004, the Namibian Ambassador to Brazil.[4] Hifikepunye Pohamba George W. Bush
September 3, 2010 September 16, 2010 Martin Andjaba Hifikepunye Pohamba Barack Obama
Donald Trump 		April 2018[5]
Monica Nashandi Hage Geingob Donald Trump December 10, 2020[6]
December 10, 2020[6] Margaret Mensah-Williams Hage Geingob Donald Trump
Hopelong Ushona Ipinge (left) with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the Palácio do Planalto, Brasília in 2006

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Diplomatic Representation for Namibia". Office of the Chief of Protocol of the United States. 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  2. ^ Hinyangerwa Pius Asheeke
  3. ^ Veiccoh Nghiwete
  4. ^ Patrick Nandago
  5. ^ Shikongo, Arlana (11 July 2019). "Geingob gives Andjaba education portfolio". The Namibian. p. 1.
  6. ^ a b Tjitemisa, Kuzeeko (11 December 2020). "Geingob reshuffles diplomatic pack". New Era.

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