Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Lucia Iipumbu | |
Birth Date: | 20 November 1975 |
Birth Place: | Elim, Omusati Region |
Alma Mater: | University of Namibia |
Office: | Minister of Industrialisation and Trade |
Term Start: | 21 March 2020 |
President: | Hage Geingob |
Primeminister: | Saara Kuugongelwa |
Predecessor: | Tjekero Tweya |
Office1: | Deputy Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development |
Term Start1: | 8 February 2018 |
Term End1: | 20 March 2020 |
President1: | Hage Geingob |
Primeminister1: | Saara Kuugongelwa |
Predecessor1: | Piet van der Walt |
Office2: | Deputy Minister of Economic Planning |
Term Start2: | 21 March 2015 |
Term End2: | 8 February 2018 |
President2: | Hage Geingob |
Primeminister2: | Saara Kuugongelwa |
Successor2: | Piet van der Walt |
Lucia Magano Iipumbu (born 20 November 1975 in Onamenga near Elim) is a Namibian politician. A member pf SWAPO she entered parliament in 2015 and immediately was appointed as Deputy Minister of Economic and National Planning.[1] After a Cabinet reshuffle in February 2018 she swapped positions with Piet van der Walt and became Deputy Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development.[2] In March 2020 she was promoted to minister.[3]
Iipumbu is a member both of SWAPO's central committee and its politburo.[3]
Iipumbu holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Namibia. Before becoming a politician full-time, she served in several administrative positions at the Government Institution Pension Funds (GIPF).[1]