Kaire Munionganda Mbuende (born 28 November 1953) is a Namibian politician and diplomat. Mbuende served as Namibian ambassador to the United Nations from August 2006 to December 2010.[1] An ethnic Herero, Mbuende has been a high-level member of the ruling SWAPO Party of Namibia since 1972, and served among others as information officer in Lusaka, Zambia.[2] From 2016 to 2020 Mbuende served as ambassador of Namibia to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg.[3]

Mbuende is married to fellow politician Maureen Hinda-Mbuende. They have six children.[4]

On Heroes' Day 2014 he was conferred the Excellent Order of the Eagle, Second Class.[5]

References

  1. ^ Weidlich, Brigitte (3 August 2006). "Mbuende appointed ambassador to the UN". The Namibian.
  2. ^ Kaire Mbuende Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine at the Namibia Institute for Democracy, 2007
  3. ^ Tjitemisa, Kuzeeko (11 December 2020). "Geingob reshuffles diplomatic pack". New Era.
  4. ^ Siririka, Paheja (26 March 2021). "At home with: Kaire Munionganda Mbuende". New Era.
  5. ^ "Namibians honoured by President". New Era. 28 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2014.


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