# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/theo-ben-gurirab
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:28:50.571Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/theo-ben-gurirab"
name: "Theo-Ben Gurirab"
slug: "theo-ben-gurirab"
description: "Theo-Ben Gurirab was a Namibian politician who served in various senior government positions. He served as the second prime minister of Namibia from 28 August 2002 to 20 March 2005, following the demotion and subsequent resignation of Hage Geingob. Previously he was the country's first Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 2002 and was President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1999 to 2000. He was Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia from 2005 to 2015, when he was replaced by Peter Katjavivi. Gurirab ultimately resigned from politics in 2015."
tagline: "Former Namibian politician (1938–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theo-Ben_Gurirab_(cropped)_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1938-01-23"
deathDate: "2018-07-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.925233644859813
  historical:           20.55226933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump