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Namibia's President Hage Gottfried Geingob was 82 years old.
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Namibian President Hage Geingob has died at the age of 82.
Windhoek - Namibian President Hage Geingob is dead. He died early Sunday morning in a hospital in Windhoek, his deputy Nangolo Mbumba announced on social media.
Geingob was 82 years old.
“The Namibian nation has lost an outstanding servant of the people, an icon of the liberation struggle, the leading architect of our constitution and the pillar of the Namibian house,” acting President Mbumba said in his statement.
He added that the Cabinet would meet with immediate effect to make necessary arrangements.
Geingob was the country's third president and had been in office since 2015.
His wife Monica and his children were at his side in the hospital, the statement said.
Geingob was treated at the private hospital in the Namibian capital after doctors discovered cancer cells during a biopsy.
The presidential office announced on February 1 that Geingob had returned from the USA, where he had received a “novel treatment against cancer cells”.
dpa