Namibia,officially the Republic of Namibia,is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north,Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border Zimbabwe,less than 200 metres of the Botswanan right bank of the Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990,following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN),the Southern African Development Community (SADC),the African Union (AU) and the Commonwealth of Nations.
Marco Mukoso Hausiku was a Namibian politician who was deputy Prime Minister of Namibia from 2010 to 2015. Previously he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2010. In 2017 he was elected deputy secretary general of the Swapo Party at the party's 6th congress.
Hosea Kutako International Airport is the main international airport of Namibia,serving the capital city Windhoek. Located well east of the city,45 km (28 mi),it is Namibia's largest airport with international connections. From its founding in 1965 to the independence of Namibia in 1990,it was named J.G. Strijdom Airport. In 1990 the airport was renamed,in honor of Namibian national hero Hosea Kutako.
The University of Namibia (UNAM) is a multi-campus public research university in Namibia,as well as the largest university in the country. It was established by an act of Parliament on 31 August 1992.
Benjamin Ulenga is a Namibian politician. In the 1990s,he served under the SWAPO government as a deputy minister and as an ambassador,but he left SWAPO in 1998 and founded an opposition party,the Congress of Democrats (CoD),in 1999. He was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia from 2000 to 2015 and led the CoD until 2015.
Libertina Inaviposa Amathila is a Namibian physician and politician. She was the deputy Prime Minister of Namibia from 2005 to 2010.
Petrus Iilonga was a Namibian politician as well as a trade union leader and political prisoner in Robben Island. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO),Iilonga served as Deputy Minister in various Ministries and was a member of the party's Central Committee.
The SWAPO Party Youth League (SPYL),formerly known as the SWAPO Youth League (SYL),is the youth wing of the SWAPO Party,the ruling party of Namibia since 1990. It shares the same principles as those of the SWAPO Party.
Pohamba Penomwenyo Shifeta is a Namibian politician. He is Namibia's Minister of Environment and Tourism since his appointment by president Hage Geingob in March 2015.
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is a Namibian politician who is the Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia since March 2015. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwa,the current SWAPO vice president,has retained her position,and she is set to become the party's first female presidential candidate in November 2024. She has also been serving as Namibia's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since December 2012. From March 2010 to December 2012,she was Minister of Environment and Tourism. Nandi-Ndaitwah is a member of SWAPO,Namibia's ruling party,and a long-time member of the National Assembly. In 2017,Nandi-Ndaitwah was elected vice-president of the Swapo Party at the party's 6th Congress. She is the first woman to serve in that position.
The International University of Management (IUM) is a private,state-recognized university based in Windhoek,Namibia. It has campuses in Swakopmund,Walvis Bay,Ongwediva and Nkurenkuru.
The Cabinet of Namibia is an appointed body that was established by Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Namibia. It is mandated to include the following positions:the President of Namibia,the Prime Minister of Namibia and any positions that the President so appoints.
The government of Namibia consists of the executive,the legislative and the judiciary branches. The Cabinet is the executive organ of government,implementing the laws of the country. It consists of the president,the prime minister and his deputy,as well as the ministers of the Cabinet of Namibia. The legislative organs of government are the National Council and the National Assembly. They make the laws of the country. The judiciary organs of government are the courts. The highest court of Namibia is the Supreme Court. There are also the high courts and lower courts.
Catherine Namugala a Zambian politician. She is the First Deputy Speaker of the Zambian Parliament. She was nominated to that position by President Edgar Lungu,on 18 September 2016. She is the former Minister of Tourism,Environment and Natural Resources in the Zambian Cabinet. She also served as the Member of Parliament (MP),representing Mafinga in the Zambian Parliament from 2001 until 2016.
Uahekua Herunga is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO,Herunga was a regional coordinator for his party in the northwestern Kunene Region prior to his appointment to the 5th National Assembly of Namibia in 2009 as a choice of president Hifikepunye Pohamba. He was subsequently appointed deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism and promoted to Minister in a cabinet reshuffle in December 2012,following the fifth SWAPO congress.
Carl-Hermann Gustav "Calle" Schlettwein is a Namibian politician who has served in the country's cabinet since 2012. In March 2020,he was appointed the Minister of Agriculture,Water and Land Reform after serving as the Minister of Finance from 2015 to 2020 and previously as the Minister of Trade and Industry from 2012 to 2015.
The Namibia Tourism Board(NTB) is mandated by the Namibian Government as the regulatory and marketing body for tourism activities in Namibia,and is headquartered in Windhoek,Namibia.
Philemon Malima is a Namibian politician and diplomat who was the chief of intelligence service of Namibia Central Intelligence Service from 2015 to 2020. Malima has been a member of the Cabinet of Namibia since March 1990 and has served as minister responsible for various ministries since independence.
Mexico–Namibia relations are the diplomatic relations between the United Mexican States and the Republic of Namibia. Both nations are members of the United Nations.
The Ministry of Environment,Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) is a government ministry of Namibia,with headquarters in Windhoek. It was created at Namibian independence in 1990 as Ministry of Wildlife,Conservation and Tourism. The first Namibian environment and tourism minister was Niko Bessinger,the current minister is Pohamba Shifeta.
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