Honourable Bernadette Jagger | |
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Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism | |
Assumed office 8 February 2018 | |
President | Hage Geingob |
Prime Minister | Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila |
Preceded by | Tommy Nambahu |
Personal details | |
Born | Riemvasmaak,South Africa | 26 February 1958
Alma mater | University of Exeter University of Warwick University of Namibia Sohnge Training College |
Bernadette Maria Jagger (born 26 February 1958 in Riemvasmaak,South Africa) is a Namibian politician. She is a member of SWAPO and became appointed to the party's Central Committee in 2012. In 2015 she won a seat in parliament. [1] In a cabinet reshuffle in February 2018 she was appointed Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism,succeeding Tommy Nambahu. [2]
Jagger is a teacher by profession. She holds certificates in lower and higher primary education from Sohnge Training College and University of Namibia,respectively,and rose through the ranks from being a teacher in 1976,a deputy principal in 1992,to the Kunene Regional Director of Education in 2012. Jagger also obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in English Language Teaching and Administration from the University of Warwick,and a Bachelor of Philosophy in Education from the University of Exeter. [1]
Jagger is a senior councillor of the Riemvasmakers community,a clan of the Nama people. [3]
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