Rev. Samuel Kaveto Mbambo (born in Kavango Region) is 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 ...

n politician, diplomat, theologian, historian, and academic. He was a governor of the

Kavango Region Kavango (before 1998: Okavango) was one of the thirteen regions of Namibia until it was split into the Kavango East and Kavango West Regions in 2013. Its capital was Rundu. In the north, Kavango bordered the Cuando Cubango Province of Angola, an ...

, and after its split into

Kavango West Kavango West is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital and only self-governed settlement is Nkurenkuru, its governor is Sirkka Ausiku. The Region was created in 2013 when the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango We ...

and

Kavango East Kavango East is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Rundu, its governor is Bonifatius Wakudumo. The region was created in 2013 when the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West. The only self-governing sett ...

, also of these new entities. He also served as Namibia's ambassador to the

Russian Federation Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

as well as its high commissioner to India. Mbambo was appointed governor of Namibia's

in April 2013, succeeding Maurus Nekaro. When the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, responsible for recommending on the country's

administrative divisions Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...

suggested in August 2013 to split the

into two, creating the new regions of

and

, Mbambo was for a few months governor of both. In April 2014

Sirkka Ausiku Sirrka Namutenya Anneli Mwahafa Ausiku (born 1964) is a Namibian administrator and politician, currently serving as a legislator in the National Assembly (Namibia), 8th National Assembly. She was the governor of Kavango West Region since 2014 to 2 ...

was appointed governor of Kavango West while Mbambo continued as governor of Kavango East. His term expired in 2020, and he was not reappointed. Mbambo is a long-term

SWAPO The South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO ; , SWAVO; , SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia (formerly South West Africa). Founded in 1960, it has been ...

member and was elected to its central committee in 2021. Mbambo is a pastor in the Evangelical Reformed Church of Africa and President of the

Council of Churches in Namibia The Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) is an ecumenical organisation in Namibia. Its member churches together represent 1.5 million people, 90% of the population of Namibia. It is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Councils in Southern Afri ...

.Ask God for forgiveness to end violence' - CCN

The Namibian ''The Namibian'' is the largest daily newspaper in Namibia. It is published in English and Oshiwambo. History The newspaper was established in 1985 by journalist Gwen Lister as a weekly newspaper reliant on support of donors, which aimed to ...

, 14 October 2002

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people SWAPO politicians Namibian Lutheran clergy Ambassadors of Namibia to Russia Ambassadors of Namibia to Ukraine People from Kavango Region High commissioners of Namibia to India {{Namibia-politician-stub