Inauguration of Hage Geingob

The inauguration of Hage Geingob as the 3rd president of Namibia took place on Saturday, 21 March 2015. The inauguration marked the beginning of the first term of Hage Geingob as President following the general election.^[1] It coincided with the 25th independence anniversary celebrations.

Inauguration of Hage Geingob

Date	21 March 2015; 10 years ago (2015-03-21)
Location	Independence Stadium Windhoek, Namibia
Participants	Hage Geingob Foreign Dignitaries (15 HOSG)

Attendance

Dignitaries

Foreign heads of states and governments who attended the ceremony.

Country	Title	Dignitary
Angola	President	José Eduardo dos Santos[2]
Botswana	President	Ian Khama[3]
Congo	President	Denis Sassou Nguesso[4]
Cuba	Vice President	Miguel Díaz-Canel[5]
Equatorial Guinea	President	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo[6]
Ethiopia	Prime Minister	Hailemariam Desalegn[7]
Gabon	President	Ali Bongo Ondimba[4]
Kenya	President	Uhuru Kenyatta[8]
Madagascar	President	Hery Rajaonarimampianina
Mali	President	Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta[9]
Mozambique	President	Filipe Nyusi[10]
South Africa	Deputy President	Cyril Ramaphosa[11]
South Sudan	President	Salva Kiir Mayardit[12]
Swaziland	King	Mswati III[13]
Tanzania	President	Jakaya Kikwete[14][15]
Zambia	President	Edgar Lungu[16]
Zimbabwe	President	Robert Mugabe[17]

Government representatives

Country	Title	Dignitary
Botswana	Foreign Minister	Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi[3]
China	Transport Minister	Yang Chuantang[18]
Kenya	Foreign Minister	Amina Mohamed[8]
Kenya	Transport Minister	Michael Kamau[8]
Palestine	Foreign Minister	Riyad al-Maliki
Malawi	Foreign Minister	George Chaponda[citation needed]
Sahrawi Republic	Foreign Minister	Mohamed Salem Ould Salek[19]
South Africa	Foreign Minister	Maite Nkoana-Mashabane[11]
Tanzania	Foreign Minister	Bernard Membe
United States	Deputy Secretary of State	Heather Higginbottom[20]
Zimbabwe	Foreign Minister	Simbarashe Mumbengegwi [17]
Zambia	Foreign Minister	Harry Kalaba[16]
Zimbabwe	Local Government Minister	Ignatius Chombo[17]

Former leaders

Country	Title	Dignitary
Finland	10th President	Martti Ahtisaari
Ghana	President	Jerry Rawlings
Nigeria	President	Olusegun Obasanjo
South Africa	2nd President	Thabo Mbeki
Tanzania	2nd President	Ali Hassan Mwinyi
Tanzania	3rd President	Benjamin Mkapa
Zambia	1st President	Kenneth Kaunda[21]
Zambia	4th President	Rupiah Banda[21]

International organisations

Organisation	Title	Dignitary
African Union	Chairperson of the AU Commission	Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Southern African Development Community	Executive Secretary	Stergomena Tax