The Cabinet of Namibia is an appointed body that was established by the Chapter 6 (Articles 35-42) of the Constitution of Namibia

Constitution of Namibia

The Constitution of Namibia is the constitution of theRepublic of Namibia. Adopted in February 1990, a month prior to Namibia's independence from apartheid South Africa, it was written by an elected constituent assembly.-Preamble:...

. It is mandated to include the following positions:

1. the President of Namibia, the Prime Minister of Namibia
   Prime Minister of Namibia
   -Prime Ministers of Namibia :-See also:*Namibia**Politics of Namibia**List of colonial heads of Namibia **List of Presidents of Namibia...
   
    and any positions that the President so appoints.

2005-2010

Below is a list of the cabinet

Cabinet (government)

A Cabinet is a body of high ranking government officials, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers, an Executive Council, or an Executive Committee.- Overview :...

 of the Republic of Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

 from appointment in 2005 until replacement in 2010:

• Minister of Foreign Affairs
  Foreign minister
  A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
  
  --Marco Hausiku
  Marco Hausiku
  Marco Mukoso Hausiku is a Namibian politician. Previously serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honorable Mr. Hausiku now serves as the Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia,.Hausiku was born in Kapako, Okavango Region...
  
  
• Minister of Defense--Major General
  Major General
  Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
  
   Charles Ndaxu Namoloh
  Charles Ndaxu Namoloh
  Major General Charles Dickson Ndaxu Phillip Namoloh is a Namibian diplomat, politician and military figure. Beginning in 2005, Namoloh has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia, as well as the defense minister of the country....
  
  
• Minister of Veterans Affairs-- Ngarikutuke Tjiriange
  Ngarikutuke Tjiriange
  Ngarikutuke Ernest Tjiriange is a Namibian politician, a member of the National Assembly and former Secretary General of the ruling SWAPO Party. He is the Minister of Veterans' Affairs in the Namibian cabinet....
  
  
• National Planning Commission Director--Peter Katjavivi
• Namibia Central Intelligence Service Director--Lukas Hangula
• Minister of Education--Nangolo Mbumba
  Nangolo Mbumba
  Nangolo Mbumba is a Namibian politician and educator. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization , Mbumba has been the Minister of Education under Hifikepunye Pohamba since his appointment in March 2005.-Education:Mbumba graduated from Southern Connecticut State University in the...
  
  
  • Deputy Minister of Education--Rebecca Ndjoze-Ojo
    Rebecca Ndjoze-Ojo
    Rebecca Kapitire Ndjoze-Ojo is a Namibian politician and educator. A member of SWAPO, Ndjoze-Ojo has been a member of the National Assembly and Deputy Minister of Education since 2005.-Career:...
    
    
• Minister of Finance--Saara Kuugongelwa
  Saara Kuugongelwa
  Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila is a Namibian politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization , Kuugongelwa has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1995 and Minister of Finance since 2003.-Exile:...
  
  
• Minister of Safety and Security--Nickey Iyambo
  Nickey Iyambo
  Nickey Iyambo is a Namibian politician and physician. A member of SWAPO, Iyambo has been a member of the Cabinet of Namibia since independence in March 1990. He has been the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry since 2005....
  
  
• Minister of Trade and Industry--Hage Geingob
  Hage Geingob
  Hage Geingob is a Namibian politician who was the first Prime Minister of Namibia following its independence, serving from 1990 to 2002...
  
  
  • Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry-- Bernhardt Esau
    Bernhardt Esau
    Bernhardt Esau is a Namibian politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization, Esau has been a member of the National Assembly since being chosen by President Sam Nujoma in 1995. He has also been the Deputy Ministry of Trade and Industry since 1999.-Career:Esau was born in...
    
    
• Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration--Rosalia Nghidinwa
  Rosalia Nghidinwa
  Rosalia Annette Nghidinwa is a Namibian politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization, Nghidinwa has been a member of the cabinet of Namibia as Deputy Minister of Labour from 2000-2005 and Minister of Immigration and Home Affairs since 2005. She has also been a member of the...
  
  
• Minister of Information and Communication Technology--Joel Kaapanda
  Joel Kaapanda
  Joel N. Kaapanda is a Namibian politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization , Kaapanda has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since November 2002 and the Minister of Information and Communication Technology since March 2005...
  
  
• Minister of Justice--Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana
  Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana
  Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana is a Namibian politician and the Secretary-General of the South-West Africa People's Organization ....
  
  
• Minister of Mines and Energy--Erkki Nghimtina
  Erkki Nghimtina
  Erkki Nghimtina is a Namibian politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization , Nghimtina has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1995 and the Minister of Mines and Energy since 20 March 2005.-Personal:Erkki Nghimtina was born in Eembidi in Ovamboland in...
  
  
• Minister of Labour and Social Welfare--Immanuel Ngatjizeko
  Immanuel Ngatjizeko
  Immanuel Ngatjizeko is a Namibian politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization, Ngatjizeko has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 2000 and member of the Cabinet since May 2003...
  
  
  • Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare-- Petrus Iilonga
    Petrus Iilonga
    Petrus Iilonga is a Namibian politician, as well as a former trade union leader and former political prisoner. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization , Iilonga has been the Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare since his appointment in 2000.Iilonga was born in...
    
    
• Minister of Health and Social Service--Richard Kamwi
  Richard Kamwi
  Richard Nchabi Kamwi is a Namibian medical physician and politician. A member of the National Assembly with the South West Africa People's Organization since 1999, Kamwi has been the Minister of Health and Social Services since March 2005.-Pre-independence:After graduating from the Technikon...
  
  
• Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Forestry--John Mutorwa
  John Mutorwa
  John Mutorwa is a Namibian politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization, Mutorwa has been a member of the National Assembly and of the cabinets of Sam Nujoma and Hifikepunye Pohamba since 1992...
  
  
• Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources--Abraham Iyambo
  Abraham Iyambo
  Abraham Iyambo is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Iyambo has been a member of the National Assembly since 1995 and is the Minister of Education.-Education:...
  
  
• Minister of Environment and Tourism--Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
  Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
  Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Nandi-Ndaitwah is the Minister of Environment and Tourism since March 2010 and a long-time member of the National Assembly of Namibia....
  
  
• Minister of Lands and Resettlement--Alpheus Naruseb
• Minister of Regional and Local Government and Housing--Jerry Ekandjo
  Jerry Ekandjo
  Jerry Ekandjo is a Namibian politician, currently serving as Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development....
  
  
• Minister of Works and Transport--Helmut Angula
  Helmut Angula
  Helmut Kangulohi Angula is a former Namibian Cabinet Minister and businessman. Currently, the Director of various private companies and a long time member of the Central Committee and the Political Bureau of the ruling SWAPO Party .Angula was born in Ontananga, Oshikoto Region, and joined SWAPO in...
  
  
• Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare--Marlene Mungunda
  Marlene Mungunda
  Marlene Mungunda is a Namibian politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization, Mungunda has been the Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare since March 2005.- References :...
  
  
  • Deputy Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare-- Angelika Muharukua
    Angelika Muharukua
    Angelika Muharukua is a Namibian politician. An ethnic Himba from northwestern Namibia, Muharukua joined the South West Africa People's Organization in 1979. She was a surprise choice by President Sam Nujoma for the 2nd National Assembly of Namibia in 1995 and has remained in the National...
    
    
• Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport, and Culture--Willem Konjore
  Willem Konjore
  Willem Konjore is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Konjore was appointed as Minister of Environment and Tourism in 2005. He was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia beginning with the Constituent Assembly in 1989 and ending following the election of the 5th National Assembly in...
  
  
• Minister of Presidential Affairs: Albert Kawana
  Albert Kawana
  Albert Kawana is a Namibian politician. A member of the SWAPO, Kawana has been a member of the National Assembly and Cabinet since 2000, reaching the post of Minister for Presidential Affairs in March 2005...
  
  

2010-

• Prime Minister of Namibia
  Prime Minister of Namibia
  -Prime Ministers of Namibia :-See also:*Namibia**Politics of Namibia**List of colonial heads of Namibia **List of Presidents of Namibia...
  
  : Nahas Angula
  Nahas Angula
  Nahas Gideon Angula is the current Prime Minister of Namibia. He entered into office on March 21, 2005, when his appointment was announced by new president Hifikepunye Pohamba during the latter's inauguration. Angula received a master's degree in education from Columbia University.Angula was...
  
  
• Deputy Prime Minister: Marco Hausiku
  Marco Hausiku
  Marco Mukoso Hausiku is a Namibian politician. Previously serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honorable Mr. Hausiku now serves as the Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia,.Hausiku was born in Kapako, Okavango Region...
  
  

• Speaker of Parliament: Theo-Ben Gurirab
  Theo-Ben Gurirab
  Theo-Ben Gurirab is a Namibian politician who has been the Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia since 2005; previously he was Prime Minister of Namibia from August 27, 2002 to March 19, 2005.-Political career:...
  
  
• Deputy Speaker: Loide Kasingo
  Loide Kasingo
  Loide Lucky Shoopala Kasingo is a Namibian politician and prominent trade unionist. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization , Kasingo has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1996 and deputy minister from 1996 until 2005.-Education:Kasingo matriculated at...
  
  

• Minister of Trade and Industry: Hage Geingob
  Hage Geingob
  Hage Geingob is a Namibian politician who was the first Prime Minister of Namibia following its independence, serving from 1990 to 2002...
  
  
• Deputy: Tjekero Tweya
  Tjekero Tweya
  Tjekero Tweya is a Namibian politician and trade unionist. A member of SWAPO, Tweya has been the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry in the cabinet since appointment in 2010. Prior to entering the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Tweya was the Deputy Minister of Finance from 2005-2010...
  
  

• Minister of Justice: Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana
  Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana
  Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana is a Namibian politician and the Secretary-General of the South-West Africa People's Organization ....
  
  
• Deputy: Tommy Nambahu

• Minister of Safety and Security: Nangolo Mbumba
  Nangolo Mbumba
  Nangolo Mbumba is a Namibian politician and educator. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization , Mbumba has been the Minister of Education under Hifikepunye Pohamba since his appointment in March 2005.-Education:Mbumba graduated from Southern Connecticut State University in the...
  
  
• Deputy: Erastus Uutoni
  Erastus Uutoni
  Erastus A. Uutoni is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Uutoni was first elected as the Mayor of Ongwediva in 2003. In 2009, Uutoni was selected for the SWAPO list for the National Assembly of Namibia for the 2009 general election.-References:...
  
  

• Minister of Presidential Affairs and Attorney General: Albert Kawana
  Albert Kawana
  Albert Kawana is a Namibian politician. A member of the SWAPO, Kawana has been a member of the National Assembly and Cabinet since 2000, reaching the post of Minister for Presidential Affairs in March 2005...
  
  
• Deputy: none

• Minister of Defence: Charles Namoloh
• Deputy: Lempy Lucas
  Lempy Lucas
  Lempy Lucas is a Namibian politician. A member of the National Assembly since 2000, Lucas is a member of the South West Africa People's Organization . She has also been the Deputy Foreign Minister of Namibia since replacing Kaire Mbuende in 2004...
  
  

• Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration: Rosalia Nghidinwa
  Rosalia Nghidinwa
  Rosalia Annette Nghidinwa is a Namibian politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization, Nghidinwa has been a member of the cabinet of Namibia as Deputy Minister of Labour from 2000-2005 and Minister of Immigration and Home Affairs since 2005. She has also been a member of the...
  
  
• Deputy: Elia Kaiyamo
  Elia Kaiyamo
  Elia George Kaiyamo is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Kaiyamo was an internal organizer and teacher for SWAPO prior to independence. Kaiyamo is currently the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration.-Education:Kaiyamo earned a B.A. from the University of Cape Town in 1989. He...
  
  

• Minister of Finance: Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila
• Deputy: Calle Schlettwein
  Calle Schlettwein
  Calle Schlettwein is a Namibian politician. Since Namibian Independence in 1990 he has been serving as Permanent Secretary in various Ministries. After seven years of deployment in the Ministry of Finance he was appointed Deputy Minister in 2010.-References:...
  
  

• Minister of Regional & Local Government, Housing & Rural Development: Jerry Ekandjo
  Jerry Ekandjo
  Jerry Ekandjo is a Namibian politician, currently serving as Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development....
  
  
• Deputy: Priscilla Beukes
  Priscilla Beukes
  Priscilla Beukes is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Beukes was elected to the National Assembly of Namibia in 2010. She was subsequently appointed to the cabinet as Deputy Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Energy Development behind Jerry Ekandjo. Beukes was previously...
  
  

• Minister of Foreign Affairs: Utoni Nujoma
  Utoni Nujoma
  Utoni Daniel Nujoma is a Namibian politician. He is the son of Sam Nujoma, who was President of Namibia from 1990 to 2005, and was Deputy Minister of Justice until being appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2010...
  
  
• Deputy: Peya Mushelenga
  Peya Mushelenga
  Peya Mushelenga is a Namibian politician and poet. A member of SWAPO, Mushelenga has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since the 2004 elections and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, since 21 March 2010. He joined the movement for liberation of Namibia in 1984, at the age of 9...
  
  

• Minister of Health: Richard Kamwi
  Richard Kamwi
  Richard Nchabi Kamwi is a Namibian medical physician and politician. A member of the National Assembly with the South West Africa People's Organization since 1999, Kamwi has been the Minister of Health and Social Services since March 2005.-Pre-independence:After graduating from the Technikon...
  
  
• Deputy: Petrina Haingura
  Petrina Haingura
  Petrina Namutenya Haingura is a Namibian politician. Haingura is a member of SWAPO, and she holds a seat in the National Assembly of Namibia since 2005. She grew up in a SWAPO-supporting household and has been a part of the movement since 1980...
  
  

• Minister of Education : Abraham Iyambo
  Abraham Iyambo
  Abraham Iyambo is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Iyambo has been a member of the National Assembly since 1995 and is the Minister of Education.-Education:...
  
  
• Deputy: David Namwandi
  David Namwandi
  David Namwandi is a Namibian politician and academic, serving as Deputy Minister of Education.-Education:He received an Advanced Diploma in Business Administration in 1993 from the Association of Business Executives...
  
  

• Minister of Lands and Resettlement: Alpheus Naruseb
• Deputy: Theo Diergaardt (appointed January 2011)

• Minister of Works and Transport: Erkki Nghimtina
  Erkki Nghimtina
  Erkki Nghimtina is a Namibian politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization , Nghimtina has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1995 and the Minister of Mines and Energy since 20 March 2005.-Personal:Erkki Nghimtina was born in Eembidi in Ovamboland in...
  
  
• Deputy: Chief Samuel Ankama
  Samuel Ankama
  Chief Samuel Ankama is a Namibian politician and educator. A member of SWAPO, Ankama has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 2004.-Career:...
  
  

• Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry: John Mutorwa
  John Mutorwa
  John Mutorwa is a Namibian politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization, Mutorwa has been a member of the National Assembly and of the cabinets of Sam Nujoma and Hifikepunye Pohamba since 1992...
  
  

• Minister of Environment and Tourism: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
  Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
  Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Nandi-Ndaitwah is the Minister of Environment and Tourism since March 2010 and a long-time member of the National Assembly of Namibia....
  
  
• Deputy: Uahekua Herunga
  Uahekua Herunga
  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 election to the 5th National Assembly of Namibia in 2009 as a choice of President Hifikepunye Pohamba. He subsequently appointed Deputy...
  
  

• Minister of Labour and Social Welfare: Immanuel Ngatjizeko
  Immanuel Ngatjizeko
  Immanuel Ngatjizeko is a Namibian politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization, Ngatjizeko has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 2000 and member of the Cabinet since May 2003...
  
  
• Deputy: Alpheus Muheua
  Alpheus Muheua
  Alpheus Muheua is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Muheua was elected to the National Assembly of Namibia in the 2009 general election. He was subsequently appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare in President Pohamba's second cabinet...
  
  

• Minister of Veterans Affairs: Nickey Iyambo
  Nickey Iyambo
  Nickey Iyambo is a Namibian politician and physician. A member of SWAPO, Iyambo has been a member of the Cabinet of Namibia since independence in March 1990. He has been the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry since 2005....
  
  
• Deputy: Hilma Nicanor (appointed in January 2011)

• Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare: Doreen Sioka
  Doreen Sioka
  Doreen N. Sioka is a Namibian politician. A member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1994, Sioka is a member of the South West Africa People's Organization . In 2005, Sioka was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the 4th National Assembly.-References:...
  
  
• Deputy: Angelika Muharukua
  Angelika Muharukua
  Angelika Muharukua is a Namibian politician. An ethnic Himba from northwestern Namibia, Muharukua joined the South West Africa People's Organization in 1979. She was a surprise choice by President Sam Nujoma for the 2nd National Assembly of Namibia in 1995 and has remained in the National...
  
  

• Minister of Information and Information Technology: Joel Kaapanda
  Joel Kaapanda
  Joel N. Kaapanda is a Namibian politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization , Kaapanda has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since November 2002 and the Minister of Information and Communication Technology since March 2005...
  
  
• Deputy: Stanley Simataa

• Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources: Bernard Esau
• Deputy: Kilus Nguvauva

• Minister of Mines and Energy: Isak Katali
  Isak Katali
  Henry Isak Amalovu Katali is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Katali worked as an educator, both as a teacher and in administration around Ondangwa from 1987-2000. From 1990 to 1995, Katali worked as the regional secretary for the Namibia National Teachers Union...
  
  
• Deputy: Willem Isaacks

• Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture: Kazenambo Kazenambo
  Kazenambo Kazenambo
  Kazenambo Kazenambo is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Kazenambo was first elected to the 4th National Assembly of Namibia in 2005. Following the election, President Pohamba appointed Kazenambo as the Deputy Minister of Regional, Local Government and Housing and Rural Development behind...
  
  
• Deputy: Pohamba Shifeta
  Pohamba Shifeta
  Pohamba Shifeta is a Namibian politician. A member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 2005, Shifeta is a member of SWAPO. At the time of his election to the National Assembly, Shifeta was chosen as the Deputy Secretary of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture...
  
  

• Auditor General: Junias Kandjeke