| Intro | Namibian businessperson | ||
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Businessperson Politician |
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| From | Namibia | ||
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Business Politics |
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| Gender | female | ||
| Birth | 1 January 1977 | ||
| Age: | 43 years | ||
| Politics | SWAPO | ||
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Monica Geingos (born Monica Kalondo in 1977) is a Namibian entrepreneur, lawyer and First Lady of Namibia since 2015. She has been a board member and director within many of the country’s large companies. She had also chaired the Presidential Economic Advisory Council.
Personal life & career
In 2012, she was voted one of the 12 most influential people of Namibia. Geingos is a graduate of the University of Namibia, and spent the early part of her career working for the Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX) in Windhoek. Geingos served as Chairman of the Board of eBank Namibia and is the managing director of the financial undertaking Stimulus, and General Director of Point Break.
Geingos holds two legal degrees B. Juris and an LLB.
Geingos married the then-President-elect of Namibia, Hage Geingob, on February 14, 2015, shortly before he was sworn into office. She has served as First Lady since March 2015.