Andrew "Bongi" Intamba (14 April 1947 – 8 April 2014) was a

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

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and

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. Intamba served as the country's Director of the Central Intelligence Service from 1991 until 2007. He then joined the

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as a diplomat in February 2008.

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Hifikepunye Pohamba Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born 18 August 1935) is a Namibian politician who served as the second president of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March 2015. He won the 2004 Namibian presidential election, 2004 presidential election overwhelming ...

appointed Intamba as Namibia's first

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in 2008, a position he held until his death. He was awarded the Order of Namibia Eagle 2nd Class medal in 2004. Intamba died of a short illness at the Rhino Park hospital in

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, on 8 April 2014, at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife, Johanna Intamba, four daughters, and a son.

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1947 births 2014 deaths Ambassadors of Namibia to Egypt Namibian diplomats {{Namibia-bio-stub