Deputy-Prime Minister of Namibia
| Deputy-Prime Minister of Namibia | |
|---|---|
Incumbent since 26 October 2025Vacant | |
| Appointer | President of Namibia |
| Inaugural holder | Hendrik Witbooi |
| Formation | 21 March 1990 |
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
- Political parties
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | Hendrik Witbooi (1934–2009) |
21 March 1990 | 21 March 2005 | 15 years | SWAPO | Hage Geingob | [2][3] | |
| Theo-Ben Gurirab | ||||||||
| 2 | Libertina Amathila (born 1940) |
21 March 2005 | 21 March 2010 | 5 years | SWAPO | Nahas Angula | [2] | |
| 3 | Marco Hausiku (1953–2021) |
21 March 2010 | 21 March 2015 | 5 years | SWAPO | Nahas Angula | [2] | |
| Hage Geingob | ||||||||
| 4 | Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (born 1952) |
21 March 2015 | 4 February 2024 | 8 years, 320 days | SWAPO | Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila | [4] | |
| 5 | John Mutorwa (born 1957) |
9 February 2024 | 21 March 2025 | 1 year, 40 days | SWAPO | Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila | ||
| 6 | Natangwe Ithete (born 1976) |
21 March 2025 | 26 October 2025 | 277 days | SWAPO | Elijah Ngurare | ||
Timeline
See also
- 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
- ^ 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.