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Know your Executive

Know your Executive

ON 22 March 2025, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah dissolved old ministries and established new ones in accordance with the Namibian Constitution. 

These ministries were dissolved:

1. Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform

2. Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture 

3. Ministry of Finance and Public Enterprises

4. Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources

5. Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare

6. Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation

7. Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade

8. Ministry of International Relations and Co-operation

9. Ministry of Justice

10. Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation

11. Ministry of Mines and Energy

12. Ministry of Sports, Youth and National Service

New ministries including existing ones:  

1. Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs

2. Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security

3. Minister of Works and Transport

4. Ministry of International Relations and Trade

5. Ministry of Information and Communication Technology

6. Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare

7. Ministry of Urban and Rural Development

8. Ministry of Finance

9. Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture 

10. Ministry of Justice and Labour Relations

11. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform

12. Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy

13. Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism

14. Ministry of Health and Social Services

Executive arm of government, including eight Presidential appointees:  

President 

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

Vice President

Lucia Witbooi

Prime Minister

Elijah Ngurare

Deputy Prime Minister

Natangwe Ithete 

Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs

Frans Kapofi

Deputy Minister: Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs

Charles Mubita

Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security

Lucia Iipumbu

Minister of Works and Transport

Veikko Nekundi

Minister of International Relations and Trade

Selma Ashipala-Musavyi

Deputy Minister: Ministry of International Relations and Trade

Jenelly Matundu

Minister of Information and Communication Technology

Emma Theofelus

Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare

Emma Kantema-Gaomas

Deputy Minister: Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare

Linda Mbwale

Minister of Urban and Rural Development

Sankwasa James Sankwasa

Deputy Minister: Ministry of Urban and Rural Development

Eveline !Nawases-Taeyele

Ministry of Finance

Erica Shafudah

Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture

Sanet Lentrud Steenkamp

Deputy Minister: Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture

Dino Ballotti

Minister of Justice and Labour Relations

Fillemon Wise Immanuel

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform

Albert Hengari

Deputy Minister: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform

Ruth Masake

Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy

Natangwe Ithete

Deputy Minister: Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy

Gaudentia Krohne

Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism 

Indileni Daniel

Minister of Health and Social Services

Esperance Luvindao

Director General of Planning

Kaire Mbuende

Attorney General

Festus K. Mbandeka

Compiled by Rudolf Gaiseb