{{Short description|Namibian politician and diplomat (1960–2013)}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = <small>The Honourable</small> |name = Raphael Dinyando |honorific_suffix = <small>MP</small> |image = Isak Katali & Raphael Dinyando (01910366) (8878038641).jpg |caption = Isak Katali & Raphael Dinyando (right) in May 2013 |order = |office = Ambassador to Austria |term_start = 21 March 2010 |term_end = 4 September 2013 |predecessor = |successor = |office1 = Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting |term_start1 = 21 March 2005 |term_end1 = 21 March 2010 |predecessor1 = |successor1 = |birth_date = {{birth date|1960|08|02|df=yes}} |birth_place = Divundu, Kavango East |death_date = {{death date and age|2013|09|04|1960|08|02|df=yes}} |death_place = Vienna, Austria |party = 24px SWAPO |relations = |children = 4 |alma_mater = University of Zululand |occupation = Politician |profession = Administrator |signature = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Raphael Nakare Dinyando''' (2 August 1960 – 4 September 2013) was a Namibian politician and diplomat.
Born in Divundu in 1960, Dinyando attended Rundu Secondary School in Rundu in northern Namibia.<ref name=humble>{{cite news |url=http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=3333&page_type=story_detail |title=Dinyando was a humble technocrat, says Mbambo |last=Immanuel |first=Shinovene |date=6 September 2013 |work=The Namibian |access-date=12 September 2013 |archive-date=21 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921102535/http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=3333&page_type=story_detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> He studied at the University of Zululand in South Africa from 1982 to 1985 and graduated with a Diploma in Local Government and Administration. He was a SWAPO activist since 1986.<ref name=NID>{{cite web |url=http://www.nid.org.na/view_book_entry.php?book_id=34 |title=Guide to Namibian Politics |last=Hopwood |first=Graham |year=2007 |accessdate=12 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611171602/http://www.nid.org.na/view_book_entry.php?book_id=34 |archivedate=11 June 2011 }}</ref>
He served as the first mayor of Rundu<ref name=humble/> from 1993 to 1998, and then until 2000 as vice-chairperson of the Town Council. He became Member of Parliament on a SWAPO ticket on 21 March 2000. During his second term in Parliament from 2005 to 2010 he served as Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting. In 2010 he was appointed Namibian ambassador to Austria.<ref name=NID/>
Dinyando was married with four children.<ref name=humble/> He died of cancer at 53 years of age in Vienna.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newera.com.na/2013/09/11/parliament-pays-tribute-dinyando/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008192008/http://www.newera.com.na/2013/09/11/parliament-pays-tribute-dinyando/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 8, 2013 |title=Parliament pays tribute to Dinyando |last=Shidhudhu |first=Tonateni |date=11 September 2013 |work=New Era}}</ref>
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