Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Isak Katali | |
Birth Date: | 5 January 1958 |
Birth Place: | Eunda, Omusati Region, South West Africa (now Namibia) |
Alma Mater: | University of the Witwatersrand University of Wales |
Office: | Minister of Mines and Energy |
Term Start: | 2010 |
Term End: | 2015 |
President: | Hifikepunye Pohamba |
Primeminister: | Nahas Angula Hage Geingob |
Predecessor: | Erkki Nghimtina |
Successor: | Obeth Kandjoze |
Office1: | Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry |
Term Start1: | 2008 |
Term End1: | 2010 |
President1: | Hifikepunye Pohamba |
Primeminister1: | Nahas Angula |
Office3: | Deputy Minister of Lands and Resettlement |
Term Start3: | 2000 |
Term End3: | 2008 |
President3: | Sam Nujoma Hifikepunye Pohamba |
Primeminister3: | Hage Geingob Theo-Ben Gurirab Nahas Angula |
Profession: | Teacher |
Occupation: | Politician |
Henry Isak Amalovu Katali (born 5 January 1958 in Eunda, Omusati Region) is a Namibian politician.[1]
From 1988 to 1990, Katali studied for a bachelor's degree with honours at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. From 2001, Katali completed a master's degree from the University of the Western Cape outside of Cape Town in South Africa.[2]
A member of SWAPO, Katali worked as an educator, both as a teacher and in administration around Ondangwa from 1987 to 2000. From 1990 to 1995, Katali worked as the regional secretary for the Namibia National Teachers Union (NANTU).[2]
In 2000, he was selected by president Sam Nujoma as one of six appointed but non-voting member to the National Assembly of Namibia and immediately became deputy Minister of Lands and Resettlement. He was elected on the SWAPO party list in 2004 and subsequently re-appointed to the cabinet of Hifikepunye Pohamba.[2] In 2008 he was moved to deputise the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, and in 2010 he was promoted to Minister of Mines and Energy.[1] He served in that position until 2015.