Isak Katali Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Katali Henry Isak Amalovu . . 19 July 2022 .
  2. http://www.nid.org.na/view_book_entry.php?book_id=86 Isak Katali