Hanno hull
Hanno Burkhard Rumpf (born September 15, 1958 in Windhoek , South West Africa , today Namibia ; † February 8, 2019 in Swakopmund ) was a German-Namibian politician from SWAPO and a diplomat . He was one of the few white Namibians who supported the SWAPO in the liberation struggle in exile.
Life
Rumpf, whose father was a well-known farmer and member of the South African National Party , grew up on his parents' farm Combumbi in the Steinhausen community . He received his secondary education in Swakopmund and studied political science , African history and economics at Rhodes University and Rand Afrikaans University in South Africa . During his studies Rumpf was active in the progressive student movement and for a short time General Secretary of the Namibian student movement . Rumpf was one of the few white members of SWAPO in the early 1980s. Because he did not want to do military service in the South African armed forces , he went into exile in 1984. Until 1987 he was initially a research associate at the University of Bremen , later at the Namibian Communications Center in London .
Between 1987 and 1989 Rumpf worked as press spokesman for the SWAPO representation in Bonn . After Namibia's independence, Rumpf worked as State Secretary in the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism (1990–1995), the Ministry of Trade and Industry (1995–1999) and the National Planning Commission (1999–2003). From 2003 to 2006 Rumpf was Namibian Ambassador to Germany . He was then Ambassador to the Benelux countries , Switzerland and the European Union in Brussels until December 2015 . Since then he has been chairman of the Namibian Association of Former Ambassadors ( Association of Former Namibian Ambassadors).
Since 1998, Rumpf has been awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class .
literature
- Entry about Hanno Rumpf ( memento from June 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) in the personal database of the Namibia Institute for Democracy (link to the institute) , Graham Hopwood: Guide to Namibian Politics. 2nd edition. Windhoek 2007. ISBN 99916-797-5-8
- Allgemeine Zeitung of March 24, 2003
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hanno Rumpf dies. The Namibian, February 8, 2019.
- ↑ United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service: Sub-Saharan Africa report. Issues 31-35, 1986, p. 60; Der Spiegel from April 10, 1989 .
- ↑ Der Spiegel, April 10, 1989.
- ↑ Interview for the German Historical Museum Berlin 2004.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rumpf, Hanno |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rumpf, Hanno Burkhard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Namibian politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Windhoek , South West Africa |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 2019 |
| Place of death | Swakopmund , Namibia |