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The first president of Independiente Namibia, Sam Nujoma, died at the age of 95 in the capital Windhoek, announced the current leader of the country.
Nujoma directed the long struggle for the independence of South Africa in 1990 after helping to find the Namibian release movement known as the Organization of the Southwest Peoples (Swapo) in the 1960s.
After independence, Nujoma became president in 1990 and led the country until 2005.
Nujoma had been hospitalized in the last three weeks with a disease from which “he could not recover,” said Namibia president Nangolo Mbumba, in a statement announcing death with “greater sadness and sadness.”
He added: “Our founding father lived a long and consistent life during which he exceptionally served the people of his beloved country.”
Nujoma retired as head of state in 2005, but continued leaving the party before resigning in 2007 as president of the Governing Swapo party after 47 years to the helm.
