Kaire Mbuende

Kaire Munionganda Mbuende ( born November 28, 1953 in Windhoek ) is a Namibian economy sociologist, politician and diplomat.

Life

Mbuende was born in 1953 in Windhoek. His father Gabriel Mbuende was a schoolteacher; his grandfather Gotthard Mbuende was a member of the Herero Council under Hosea Kutako. 1970 Mbuende member of the South West African People's Organization was ( SWAPO ) was founded in 1974 and forced to go into exile - first in Zambia and Tanzania, in the late 1970s to study in Sweden. Mbuende completed until 1986 a B. A. ( Hons) degree in economic history and sociology, and a Ph.D. in economic sociology at Lund University and taught the following years at the universities of Lund and Aarhus.

1989 Dr. Mbuende was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Namibia and was from 1990 to 1993 Member of the National Assembly and Vice- Minister of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development. In 1994 he was Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community ( SADC) in Gaborone, Botswana, however, the post left again in 1999, also because, inter alia, the South African government wished his deposition.

In 2000 he was again a member of the National Assembly in Windhoek and from 2002 to 2004 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. 2002 came Mbuende for his restrained criticism of Robert Mugabe in the headlines because he thought reports of political violence in Zimbabwe exaggerated. In 2004, he was eventually released along with Hidipo Hamutenya from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

2006 succeeded Mbuende again a fresh political start, when he was appointed by President Hifikepunye Pohamba as ambassador to the United Nations in the wake of Martin Andjaba. It was the end of 2010 but again - not least from criticism from the ranks of the SWAPO Youth League ( SPYL ) - removed from his political responsibilities again.

Mbuende is married and has three children. Besides his native Otjiherero he speaks seven other languages ​​( Afrikaans, Danish, German, English, Oshiwambo, Swedish and Swahili).

Publications (selection)

  • Namibia: the Broken Shield: Anatomy of Imperialism and Revolution. Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala 1986.
  • With Peter Katjavivi and Per Frostin: Church and Liberation in Namibia. Pluto Press, London 1989.
  • Rob Davies: Beyond the Rhetoric of Economic Partnership Agreements. , Cape Town 1996

Memberships

  • Since 1991: Member of the Central Committee of SWAPO
National Assembly (Namibia) Rob Davies (politician) Namibian Sun Windhoek Observer
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