Also known as: comrade Erkki Nghimtina · comrade Erkki · Nghimtina · Erki nghimtina · Johannes Nghimtina · comrade Nghimtina · former defence minister Erkki Nghimtina · Nghimtima · former minister Erkki Nghimtina · Cde Nghimtina · the late liberation struggle veteran Erkki Nghimtina · the late Nghimtina · Erkki Dineinge Nghidipohamba Nghimtina · liberation struggle stalwart · Colonel (retired) Nghimtina · late Nghimtina · late former minister · late Erkki Nghimtina
Liberation struggle veteran and former Cabinet minister (defence, mines and energy, works and transport, labour) who served in the National Assembly 1995–2020 and died in February 2026.
Erkki Nghimtina, a former minister who fought in Namibia's liberation struggle and later headed the Defence, Mines and Energy, Works and Transport, and Labour ministries over a 25-year political career, has died at his home in Ohangwena Region aged 79.
9 February 2026 · Informanté →
Erkki Nghimtina, a former minister who fought in Namibia's liberation struggle and later headed the Defence, Mines and Energy, Works and Transport, and Labour ministries over a 25-year political career, has died at his home in Ohangwena Region aged 79.
9 February 2026 · Informanté →
Erkki Nghimtina, a long-serving former government minister and National Assembly member (1995–2020), died on Sunday at Edundja village in Ohangwena region. He held ministerial roles in defence, mines and energy, works and transport, and labour, and was an independence struggle veteran who went into exile with Swapo in 1974.
9 February 2026 · The Namibian →
Erkki Nghimtina, a former Minister of Works and Transport, has died at his homestead in Edundja village in the Ohangwena region. He was 78 years old.
9 February 2026 · New Era →