Honorific-Prefix: | Honourable |
Bernadette Jagger | |
Birth Date: | 26 February 1958 |
Birth Place: | Riemvasmaak, South Africa |
Alma Mater: | University of Exeter University of Warwick University of Namibia Sohnge Training College |
Office: | Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism |
Term Start: | 8 February 2018 |
President: | Hage Geingob |
Primeminister: | Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila |
Predecessor: | Tommy Nambahu |
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]