Raphael Dinyando

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

The Honourable Raphael Dinyando MP
Isak Katali & Raphael Dinyando (right) in May 2013
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

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 the 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]