death_date death_place children birth_place president nationality profession office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
02 february 2004 windhoek 7 lüderitz sam nujoma namibian diplomat namibian high commissioner to zimbabwe 1951 1993 joseph obgeb jimmy
 1996 joseph obgeb jimmy university of dar es salaam
joseph obgeb jimmy

joseph obgeb jimmy -lrb- 1951 -- 2 february 2004 -rrb- was a namibian diplomat .
jimmy was born in windhoek 's old location in 1951 and witnessed the forced removal of residents in december 1959 to the new suburb of katutura .
jimmy attended st. peters primary school in lüderitz and completed his primary education at the damara-nama high school in windhoek .
he graduated from the augustineum high school in windhoek .
he then went into exile to join the armed liberation struggle .
he received military training at oshatotwa in western zambia , worked for swapo 's radio program `` voice of namibia '' in lusaka , and studied international law at the university of dar es salaam in tanzania .
after namibian independence he was the first high commissioner of namibia to zimbabwe from 1993 to 1996 , whereafter he occupied a prominent position in the namibian ministry of foreign affairs until his death on 2 february 2004 .
