Post: | Deputy-Prime Minister |
Body: | Namibia |
Insignia: | Coat of arms of Namibia.svg |
Insigniasize: | 100px |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of Namibia |
Incumbent: | John Mutorwa |
Incumbentsince: | 9 February 2024 |
Appointer: | President of Namibia |
The deputy-prime minister of Namibia is a senior cabinet-level position in Namibia.
The deputy-prime minister is appointed by the president of Namibia to perform any needed functions assigned to him or her by the president, the vice-president or the prime minister.
The title deputy-prime minister is written with a hyphen in the Constitution of Namibia.[1]
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Notes | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
1 | Hendrik Witbooi (1934–2009) | 21 March 1990 | 21 March 2005 | 15 years | SWAPO | [2] [3] | |||
Theo-Ben Gurirab | |||||||||
2 | Libertina Amathila (born 1940) | 21 March 2005 | 21 March 2010 | 5 years | SWAPO | ||||
3 | Marco Hausiku (1953–2021) | 21 March 2010 | 21 March 2015 | 5 years | SWAPO | ||||
4 | Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (born 1952) | 21 March 2015 | 4 February 2024 | SWAPO | [4] | ||||
5 | John Mutorwa (born 1957) | 9 February 2024 | Incumbent | SWAPO |