Hans Erik Staby
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Hans Erik Staby was a Namibia
n politician and one of the country's leading architects. A German Namibian
, Staby was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia
from the Constituent Assembly prior to independence in 1989 until resignation in 1997 with the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance. Staby died on 30 November 2009 at his home in Windhoek.
He was elected to the White Legislative Assembly in 1980 as a member of the RP, which was then part of the DTA. He served in newly independent Namibia's Constituent Assembly in 1990 and was the DTA spokesperson on trade and finance in the NA from 1990 to 1997. In November 2003 he joined Action for Democratic Change – a group of former RP members who decided to stay with the DTA rather than join the breakaway led by Henk Mudge.
Described as a "true Namibian" by the executive director of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
, Henning Melber, Staby worked tirelessly for the promotion of democracy and human rights in Namibia. As an architect, whose profession was almost as meaningful to him as his family and Namibia, he continued to add value to the country and refused to compromise for short-term gains. As late as this year he refused to award a sub-tender as part of a public works project to the cheapest bidder. He dismissed the order to do so since this would have meant that no Namibians would have been employed. He rather preferred to have the tender withdrawn than to compromise and give in for his own material gains.
Staby was the Chairperson of the Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID) and of the Namibian-German Foundation. He was also a member of the Namibian branch of the anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI). He was the President of the Namibia Cricket Board (NCB) from 1986 to 1999 and Patron of the NCB from 2000 to 2003. Staby made a valid and tremendous impact on the development of cricket in Namibia. He was a gifted speaker and was able to relate and recall many stories on the early days of cricket in Namibia. He played league cricket for Wanderers Cricket Club and after retiring from the game became the club’s and national team cricket scorer. He subsequently became President of Wanderers Cricket Club and was responsible for building a successful and popular club with not only wonderful cricket but squash, hockey and rugby facilities. After standing down as president Hans-Erik Staby was bestowed as an Honourary member of Cricket Namibia.
Survivors include his wife, brother, two sisters, four sons and 11 grand-children.
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
n politician and one of the country's leading architects. A German Namibian
German Namibians
German Namibians are a community of people descended from ethnic German colonists who settled in present-day Namibia. In 1883, the German trader Adolf Lüderitz bought what would become the southern coast of Namibia and founded the city of Lüderitz...
, Staby was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia
National Assembly of Namibia
The National Assembly of Namibia is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament. It has a total of 78 members. 72 members are directly elected through a system of party-list proportional representation and serve five-year terms. Six additional members are appointed by the President.The...
from the Constituent Assembly prior to independence in 1989 until resignation in 1997 with the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance. Staby died on 30 November 2009 at his home in Windhoek.
He was elected to the White Legislative Assembly in 1980 as a member of the RP, which was then part of the DTA. He served in newly independent Namibia's Constituent Assembly in 1990 and was the DTA spokesperson on trade and finance in the NA from 1990 to 1997. In November 2003 he joined Action for Democratic Change – a group of former RP members who decided to stay with the DTA rather than join the breakaway led by Henk Mudge.
Described as a "true Namibian" by the executive director of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation was created in 1962 as Sweden’s national memorial to Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the United Nations from 1953 until his death in a plane crash on a mission to the Congo...
, Henning Melber, Staby worked tirelessly for the promotion of democracy and human rights in Namibia. As an architect, whose profession was almost as meaningful to him as his family and Namibia, he continued to add value to the country and refused to compromise for short-term gains. As late as this year he refused to award a sub-tender as part of a public works project to the cheapest bidder. He dismissed the order to do so since this would have meant that no Namibians would have been employed. He rather preferred to have the tender withdrawn than to compromise and give in for his own material gains.
Staby was the Chairperson of the Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID) and of the Namibian-German Foundation. He was also a member of the Namibian branch of the anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI). He was the President of the Namibia Cricket Board (NCB) from 1986 to 1999 and Patron of the NCB from 2000 to 2003. Staby made a valid and tremendous impact on the development of cricket in Namibia. He was a gifted speaker and was able to relate and recall many stories on the early days of cricket in Namibia. He played league cricket for Wanderers Cricket Club and after retiring from the game became the club’s and national team cricket scorer. He subsequently became President of Wanderers Cricket Club and was responsible for building a successful and popular club with not only wonderful cricket but squash, hockey and rugby facilities. After standing down as president Hans-Erik Staby was bestowed as an Honourary member of Cricket Namibia.
Survivors include his wife, brother, two sisters, four sons and 11 grand-children.