Ministry of Trade and Industry (Namibia)

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The Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade (MIT) was a government ministry of Namibia, with headquarters in Windhoek. It was created at Namibian independence in 1990 as Ministry of Trade and Industry, [1] renamed Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development in 2015, and got the name Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade in 2020. The first Namibian minister of trade was Ben Amathila. [2]

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In 2025 the ministry was disestablished. The trade portfolio was given to the foreign affairs ministry, and the industry portfolio to the Ministry of Mines and Energy. [3] The current Minister of International Relations and Trade is Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, the Minister of Mines, Energy and Industry is Natangwe Ithete.

Ministers

All trade and industry ministers in chronological order are: [1]

#PictureName(Birth–Death)PartyTerm startTerm end
Minister of Trade and Industry
1 Ben Amathila 1938– SWAPO 19901993
2 Hidipo Hamutenya 1939–2016SWAPO19932005
3 ImmanuelNgatjizeko.jpg Immanuel Ngatjizeko 1952–2022SWAPO20052008
4 Hage Geingob (cropped).jpg Hage Geingob 1941–SWAPO20082012
5 Ministerial Conference 2013 (11221067275).jpg Calle Schlettwein 1954–SWAPO20122015
Minister of Industrialization, Trade and SME Development
ImmanuelNgatjizeko.jpg Immanuel Ngatjizeko 1952–2022SWAPO20152018
6 Tjekero Tweya (cropped).jpg Tjekero Tweya 1967–SWAPO20182020
Minister of Industrialisation and Trade
7 Lucia Iipumbu [4] 1975–SWAPO20202025
#PictureName(Birth–Death)PartyTerm startTerm end
Minister of International Relations and Trade
8 Selma Ashipala-Musavyi 1960–SWAPO2025
Minister of Mines, Energy and Industry
8 Natangwe Ithete 1976–SWAPO2025
This list is complete and up to date as of July 2025.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Sherbourne, Robin. Guide to the Namibian Economy 2013/14. Institute for Public Policy Research. p. 240. ISBN   978-99945-78-14-6.
  2. ↑ Hopwood, Graham (2007). "Who's Who, entry for Ben Amathila". Guide to Namibian Politics. Namibia Institute for Democracy. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Shikololo, Aletta (24 March 2025). "NNN ushers Namibia into new era". New Era .
  4. ↑ "Leadership". Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade, Government of Namibia . Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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