The Bank of Namibia (BoN) is the central bank of Namibia,whose establishment is enshrined in Article 128 of the Namibian Constitution. It is located in the capital city of Windhoek. The Bank of Namibia was established in 1990 by the Bank of Namibia Act,1990. The Bank of Namibia is the only institution that is permitted to issue the Namibian dollar by authority that has been given to it under an Act of the Namibian Parliament. The head of the Bank of Namibia is the Governor of the Bank of Namibia.
Jerry Lukiiko Ekandjo is a Namibian politician,former anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner. He is one of the founding members of the SWAPO Youth League and has been one of the most active internal leading members of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) during the liberation struggle. He spent eight years in prison on Robben Island after being charged for inciting violence in 1973.
The Governor is the official head of the Bank of Namibia. They are responsible for implementing Namibia's monetary policy and chairing the meetings of the bank's board of directors.
Samson Gwede Mantashe is a South African politician and former trade unionist who is currently serving as the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy. He was Minister of Mineral Resources from February 2018 to May 2019,when his current portfolio was created. He is also serving his second term as the national chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC).
Nangolo Mbumba is a Namibian politician who is the fourth and current president of Namibia. He became president after the death of Hage Geingob,under whom he had served as the second Vice-president of Namibia from 2018 to 2024.
Doreen Nampiye Sioka is a Namibian politician. She is member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1994 for the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO),and a member of the cabinet since 2005,serving as Minister of Gender Equality,Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare.
Albert Kawana is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO,Kawana has been a member of the National Assembly and cabinet since 2000,serving in various positions. Since April 2021 he is minister of Home Affairs,Immigration,Safety and Security. A lawyer by training,Kawana led Namibia's legal team in the Kasikili Island dispute,which was argued before the International Court of Justice.
Alpheus ǀGou-ǃna ǃNaruseb is a Namibian politician who has served in the cabinet of Namibia in various portfolios. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO),!Naruseb has served in the cabinet since 1997 and the National Assembly since 1995.
Immanuel Ngatjizeko was a Namibian politician and member of the ruling SWAPO Party. He held five ministerial portfolios from 2003 until his retirement in 2018.
Tjekero Tweya,is a Namibian politician and trade unionist. Tweya is a member of parliament for SWAPO. He served in the Cabinet of Namibia as Minister of Industrialization,Trade and SME Development and as Minister of Information and Communication Technology.
Nickey Iyambo was a Namibian politician and physician who served as the first Vice President of Namibia.
Erastus Amutenya Uutoni is a Namibian SWAPO politician who has served in the cabinet of Namibia since March 2010.
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.
Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou is a Nigerien politician of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya) who served as Prime Minister of Niger between 3 April 2021 and 26 July 2023,until he was deposed in the wake of the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état.
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 Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy is a minister in the cabinet of the South African national government. The portfolio was called the Ministry of Minerals and Energy until May 2009,when President Jacob Zuma split it into two separate portfolios under the Ministry of Mining and the Ministry of Energy. Ten years later,in May 2019,his successor President Cyril Ramaphosa reunited the portfolios as the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy.
Iipumbu Wendelinus Shiimi is a Namibian economist who has been the Minister of Finance since 2020. Before that,he served as governor of the Bank of Namibia from 2010 until 2020.
Obeth Mbuipaha Kandjoze is a Namibian politician of the ruling SWAPO Party. He is Namibia's director-general of the National Planning Commission and Minister of Economic Planning.
Ernesto Max Elias Tonela is a Mozambican economist and politician who has been the Minister of Economy and Finance since March 2022. A member of FRELIMO,he had previously served as Minister of Industry and Commerce from January 2015 to December 2017 and as Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy from December 2017 to March 2022.
The Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) was established at Namibian independence in 1990. The first Namibian minister of mines and energy was Andimba Toivo ya Toivo,a liberation fighter posthumously declared a national hero of Namibia. The current mines and energy minister is Tom Alweendo.
