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NAMIBIA - H.E. Vasco Mushe Samupofu Credentials: 20.06.2023 Born on May 4, 1967 EDUCATION 1988–1990: BA Degree (Politics) University of Namibia Feb–Dec 1995: Diploma in Diplomatic Practice Indian Institute of Foreign Service (IIFS) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE June 2023 – currently: Ambassador / Permanent Representative of the Republic of Namibia to the Federal Republic of Austria January 2019 – 30 April 2023: Counsellor/Deputy Head of Mission, High Commission of the Republic of Namibia in Pretoria, South Africa May 2016 – December 2018: Deputy Director - Head of Regional Organizations, Department of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation August 2012 – May 2016: Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations (UN) in charge of the United Nations General Assembly 2nd Committee July 2011 – July 2012: Chief Foreign Relations Officer, Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation June 2007 – May 2011: First Secretary – Embassy of the Republic of Namibia, Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt October 1999 - November 2003: First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Namibia to Washington, DC, United States of America October 1991: Joined the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation February 1991: Senior Taxation Officer, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Namibia (Individual and Business Tax Assessments) SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS October 2017 – March 2019: Namibia’s Representative in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Oversight Committee (OC) to the Kingdom of Lesotho July 2018: Harmonized Election in Zimbabwe July 2017: Member of the SADC Electoral Observation Mission - National Assembly Election in the Kingdom of Lesotho August 2017: Member of the SADC Electoral Observation Mission General Election: Angola September 2016: Member of the SADC Electoral Observation Mission - National Assembly Election in the Seychelles Fotos: Lechner und Kulec / HBF MEHR ANZEIGEN

Botschafter

NAMIBIA - H.E. Vasco Mushe Samupofu

Credentials: 20.06.2023

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Born on May 4, 1967

EDUCATION

1988–1990: BA Degree (Politics) University of Namibia
Feb–Dec 1995: Diploma in Diplomatic Practice Indian Institute of Foreign Service (IIFS)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

June 2023 – currently: Ambassador / Permanent Representative of the Republic of Namibia
to the Federal Republic of Austria
January 2019 – 30 April 2023: Counsellor/Deputy Head of Mission, High Commission of the
Republic of Namibia in Pretoria, South Africa
May 2016 – December 2018: Deputy Director - Head of Regional Organizations, Department of
Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation
August 2012 – May 2016: Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations (UN) in charge of the United Nations General Assembly 2nd Committee
July 2011 – July 2012: Chief Foreign Relations Officer, Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation
June 2007 – May 2011: First Secretary – Embassy of the Republic of Namibia, Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt
October 1999 - November 2003: First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Namibia to Washington,
DC, United States of America
October 1991: Joined the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation
February 1991: Senior Taxation Officer, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Namibia (Individual and Business Tax Assessments)

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS

October 2017 – March 2019: Namibia’s Representative in the Southern African Development
Community (SADC) Oversight Committee (OC) to the Kingdom of Lesotho
July 2018: Harmonized Election in Zimbabwe
July 2017: Member of the SADC Electoral Observation Mission - National Assembly Election in the Kingdom of Lesotho
August 2017: Member of the SADC Electoral Observation Mission General Election: Angola
September 2016: Member of the SADC Electoral Observation Mission - National Assembly Election in the Seychelles

Fotos: Lechner und Kulec / HBF