Kaire Mbuende

Kaire Munionganda Mbuende (born 28 November 1953) is a Namibian politician and diplomat. Mbuende served as Namibian ambassador to the United Nations from August 2006 to December 2010.{{cite news | title=Mbuende appointed ambassador to the UN | last=Weidlich | first=Brigitte | newspaper=The Namibian | date=3 August 2006 | url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200608030468.html | url-access=subscription}} An ethnic Herero, Mbuende has been a high-level member of the ruling SWAPO Party of Namibia since 1972, and served among others as information officer in Lusaka, Zambia.[http://www.nid.org.na/view_book_entry.php?book_id=106 Kaire Mbuende ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611174134/http://www.nid.org.na/view_book_entry.php?book_id=106 |date=2011-06-11 }} at the Namibia Institute for Democracy, 2007 From 2016 to 2020 Mbuende served as ambassador of Namibia to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg.{{Cite news | title=Geingob reshuffles diplomatic pack | last=Tjitemisa | first=Kuzeeko | newspaper=New Era | date=11 December 2020 | url=https://neweralive.na/posts/geingob-reshuffles-diplomatic-pack | archive-date=26 April 2024 | access-date=13 February 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426094333/https://neweralive.na/posts/geingob-reshuffles-diplomatic-pack | url-status=dead }}

Mbuende is married to fellow politician Maureen Hinda-Mbuende. They have six children.{{cite news | title=At home with: Kaire Munionganda Mbuende | last=Siririka | first=Paheja | newspaper=New Era | date=26 March 2021 | url=https://neweralive.na/posts/the-family-diplomat | archive-date=26 October 2023 | access-date=26 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026085713/https://neweralive.na/posts/the-family-diplomat | url-status=dead }}

On Heroes' Day 2014 he was conferred the Excellent Order of the Eagle, Second Class.{{Cite news

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In March 2025, he was appointed Director-General, National Planning Commission by Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah.