Raphael Dinyando Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Raphael Dinyando
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Ambassador to Austria
Term Start:21 March 2010
Term End:4 September 2013
Office1:Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Term Start1:21 March 2005
Term End1:21 March 2010
Birth Date:2 August 1960
Birth Place:Divundu, Kavango East
Death Place:Vienna, Austria
Nationality:Namibian
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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Dinyando was a humble technocrat, says Mbambo . Immanuel . Shinovene . 6 September 2013 . . 12 September 2013 . 21 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921102535/http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=3333&page_type=story_detail . dead .
  2. Web site: Guide to Namibian Politics . Hopwood . Graham . 2007 . 12 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110611171602/http://www.nid.org.na/view_book_entry.php?book_id=34 . 11 June 2011 .
  3. News: Parliament pays tribute to Dinyando . Shidhudhu . Tonateni . 11 September 2013 . New Era.