Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia | |
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since 21 March 2025 | |
| Appointer | President of Namibia |
| Inaugural holder | Hendrik Witbooi |
| Formation | 21 March 1990 |
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The deputy prime minister of Namibia is a senior cabinet-level position in Namibia.
The deputy prime minister is appointed by the president of Namibia to perform any needed functions assigned to him or her by the president, the vice president or the prime minister.[1]
The title deputy prime minister is written with a hyphen in the Constitution of Namibia.[1]
List of officeholders
[edit]- Political parties
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Notes | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
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Hendrik Witbooi (1934–2009) |
21 March 1990 | 21 March 2005 | 15 years | SWAPO | Hage Geingob | [2][3] |
| Theo-Ben Gurirab | ||||||||
| 2 | .jpg)
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Libertina Amathila (born 1940) |
21 March 2005 | 21 March 2010 | 5 years | SWAPO | Nahas Angula | [2] |
| 3 | .jpg)
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Marco Hausiku (1953–2021) |
21 March 2010 | 21 March 2015 | 5 years | SWAPO | Nahas Angula | [2] |
| Hage Geingob | ||||||||
| 4 | .jpg)
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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (born 1952) |
21 March 2015 | 4 February 2024 | 8 years, 320 days | SWAPO | Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila | [4] |
| 5 | .jpg)
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John Mutorwa (born 1957) |
9 February 2024 | 21 March 2025 | 1 year, 40 days | SWAPO | Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila | |
| 6 |
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Natangwe Ithete (born 1976) |
21 March 2025 | Incumbent | 45 days | SWAPO | Elijah Ngurare | |
Timeline
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See also
[edit]- Politics of Namibia
- List of colonial governors of South West Africa
- President of Namibia
- Vice President of Namibia
- Prime Minister of Namibia
- Cabinet of Namibia
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Namibian Constitution (with annotated statutes)" (PDF). www.lac.org.na. Legal Assistance Centre of Namibia.
- ^ a b c "Former Deputy Prime Ministers". OPM - Office of the Prime Minister of Namibia. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ "Witbooi Hendrik". Namibian Parliament.
- ^ "Deputy Prime Minister". OPM - Office of the Prime Minister of Namibia.