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Dimo Hamaambo was born on 27 October, 1932 in Eengava Namibia
(then South-West Africa, South Africa), is a Namibian military commander (1932–2002). Discover Dimo Hamaambo's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?
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69 years old |
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Scorpio |
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27 October 1932 |
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27 October |
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Eengava Namibia
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| Date of death |
8 September, 2002 |
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Windhoek |
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South Africa
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Dimo Hamaambo Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dimo Hamaambo Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Dimo Hamaambo worth at the age of 69 years old? Dimo Hamaambo’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from South Africa. We have estimated Dimo Hamaambo's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Lieutenant General Mweukefina Kulaumone Jerobeam Dimo Hamaambo (27 October 1932 – 8 September 2002) was a Namibian military commander in both the Namibian War of Independence as a SWAPO member and in independent Namibia as the Chief of Defence in the Namibia Defence Force.
Hamaambo eventually returned to Namibia and joined the Ovamboland People's Organization (OPO), a predecessor of the SWAPO, at Walvis Bay in 1959.
In 1960-61, Hamaambo attempted to leave the country via a boat leaving Lobito, Angola for the United Kingdom but was caught and returned to Namibia.
Hamaambo went into exile in 1962 through Bechuanaland (now Botswana) and into Tanganyika (now Tanzania).
From Tanzania, Hamaambo went for military training in newly independent Algeria and later the Soviet Union before becoming Second Deputy Army Commander of what was to become the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) in 1966, the year which began the Namibian War of Independence.
He became the second commander of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) in 1967 after the death of Tobias Hainyeko and held the position until independence was gained in 1990.
Hamaambo was one of the thirteen children of his mother Josephina Melila Shipo and father Jona Hamaambo in Eengava, Ovamboland (now known as Ohangwena Region).
After receiving some education in area schools, Hamaambo went to work outside of Ovamboland as a contract labourer on a White owned farm as well as a domestic worker, at a cannery in Walvis Bay and eventually in the gold mines of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Quickly rising through the ranks, Hamaambo become First Deputy in 1967 and Army Commander in 1968.
In 1974 the soldiers led by Hamaambo started using Cassinga, an abandoned Angolan iron ore mine, as a stopover point for a few weeks They soon thereafter occupied the place.
which quickly became not only a military camp but also a refugee camp.
Cassinga was attacked by air on 4 May 1978 by the South African Defence Force in the Battle of Cassinga.
He remained army commander of PLAN forces until PLAN's absorption into the new Namibian Defence Force in 1989.
After PLAN's absorption, Hamaambo returned to Namibia prior to independence.
Upon independence in March 1990, Hamaambo was named first Chief of Defence Force.
He served until his retirement in 2000 at the age of 68.
Hamaambo died in September 2002 and was the first person buried as a hero at Heroes' Acre, a war memorial south of Windhoek.
Hamaambo also had the first ship of the Namibian Navy, the imperial Marinheiro class corvette NS Lt Gen Dimo Hamaambo, named after him.
The Grootfontein Military Base is also named after him, Lt Gen Dimo Hamaambo Garrison.
