Raphael Dinyando, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Namibian politician
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Place of Birth: Divundu, Kavango East Region, Namibia
About Raphael Dinyando
- Raphael Nakare Dinyando (2 August 1960 – 4 September 2013) was a Namibian politician and diplomat.
- Born in Divundu in 1960, Dinyando attended Rundu Secondary School in Rundu in northern Namibia.
- He studied at the University of Zululand in South Africa from 1982 to 1985 and graduated with a Diploma in Local Government and Administration.
- He was a SWAPO activist since 1986.He served as first mayor of Rundu from 1993 to 1998, and then until 2000 as vice-chairperson of the Town Council.
- He became Member of Parliament on a SWAPO ticket on 21 March 2000.
- During his second term in Parliament from 2005 to 2010 he served as Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
- In 2010 he was appointed Namibian ambassador to Austria.Dinyando was married with four children.
- He died of cancer at 53 years of age in Vienna.
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