Raphael Dinyando

The Honourable
Raphael Dinyando
MP
Ambassador to Austria
In office
21 March 2010  4 September 2013
Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office
21 March 2005  21 March 2010
Personal details
Born (1960-08-02)2 August 1960
Divundu, Kavango East
Died 4 September 2013(2013-09-04) (aged 53)
Vienna, Austria
Nationality Namibian
Political party SWAPO
Children 4
Alma mater University of Zululand
Occupation Politician
Profession Administrator

Raphael Nakare Dinyando (2 August 1960 – 4 September 2013) was a Namibian politician and diplomat.

Born in Divundu in 1960, Dinyando attended Rundu Secondary School in Rundu in northern Namibia.[1] He studied at the University of Zululand in South Africa from 1982 to 1985 and graduated with a Diploma in Local Government and Administration. He was a SWAPO activist since 1986.[2]

He served as first mayor of Rundu[1] from 1993 to 1998, and then until 2000 as vice-chairperson of the Town Council. He became Member of Parliament on a SWAPO ticket on 21 March 2000. During his second term in Parliament from 2005 to 2010 he served as Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting. In 2010 he was appointed Namibian ambassador to Austria.[2]

Dinyando was married with four children.[1] He died of cancer at 53 years of age in Vienna.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Immanuel, Shinovene (6 September 2013). "Dinyando was a humble technocrat, says Mbambo". The Namibian.
  2. 1 2 Hopwood, Graham (2007). "Guide to Namibian Politics". Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  3. Shidhudhu, Tonateni (11 September 2013). "Parliament pays tribute to Dinyando". New Era.
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