President of Namibia
| President of the Republic of Namibia | |
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 Seal of the Presidency | |
 Presidential standard | |
| Style | His/Her Excellency |
| Type | |
| Residence | State House of Namibia |
| Seat | Windhoek |
| Term length |
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Constituting instrument | Constitution of Namibia |
| Formation | 21 March 1990 |
| First holder | Sam Nujoma |
| Deputy | Vice President of Namibia |
| Salary | N$1,753,964 (US$96,000) annually[1] |
| Website | www |
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The president of Namibia is the head of state and head of government of Namibia. The president directs the executive branch of the government, acts as chair of the Cabinet and is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces in terms of the Constitution.
Term limits
[edit]As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Namibia. The first president for whom the term limits applied was Hifikepunye Pohamba in 2015.[2]
Succession
[edit]If the presidency falls vacant and the president is unable to perform their duties, then the following officials are in line for succession for the remaining presidential term:[3][4]
- Vice President of Namibia
- Prime Minister of Namibia
- Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia
- a person appointed by the Cabinet.
Before the constitution was amended in 2014 to add the office of vice president, the prime minister was first in the line of succession.
List of officeholders
[edit]- Political parties
- Status
Denotes acting president
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | Cabinet(s) | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
| 1 | _cropped.jpg) |
Sam Nujoma (1929–2025) |
21 March 1990 | 21 March 2005 | 15 years | SWAPO | 1989 | Nujoma I | ||
| 1994 | Nujoma II | |||||||||
| 1999 | Nujoma III | |||||||||
| 2 |  |
Hifikepunye Pohamba (born 1935) |
21 March 2005 | 21 March 2015 | 10 years | 2004 | Pohamba I | |||
| 2009 | Pohamba II | |||||||||
| 3 | .jpg) |
Hage Geingob (1941–2024) |
21 March 2015 | 4 February 2024 # | 8 years, 320 days | 2014 | Geingob I | |||
| 2019 | Geingob II | |||||||||
| — | .jpg) |
Nangolo Mbumba (born 1941) |
25 January 2024 | 4 February 2024 | 10 days | — | Geingob II | |||
| 4 | 4 February 2024 | 21 March 2025 | 1 year, 45 days | — | ||||||
| 5 |  |
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (born 1952) |
21 March 2025 | Incumbent | 1 year, 189 days | 2024 | Nandi-Ndaitwah | |||
Timeline
[edit]
Latest election
[edit]| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah | SWAPO | 638,560 | 58.07 | |
| Panduleni Itula | Independent Patriots for Change | 284,106 | 25.84 | |
| McHenry Venaani | Popular Democratic Movement | 55,412 | 5.04 | |
| Bernadus Swartbooi | Landless People's Movement | 51,160 | 4.65 | |
| Job Amupanda | Affirmative Repositioning | 19,676 | 1.79 | |
| Hendrik Gaobaeb | United Democratic Front | 12,604 | 1.15 | |
| Henk Mudge | Republican Party | 8,988 | 0.82 | |
| Evilastus Kaaronda | SWANU | 7,991 | 0.73 | |
| Ambrosius Kumbwa | All People's Party | 5,197 | 0.47 | |
| Epafras Mukwiilongo | Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters | 3,978 | 0.36 | |
| Festus Thomas | Body of Christ Party | 3,641 | 0.33 | |
| Mike Kavekotora | Rally for Democracy and Progress | 2,974 | 0.27 | |
| Erastus Shuumbwa | Action Democratic Movement Party | 2,069 | 0.19 | |
| Sakaria Likuwa | United Namibians Party | 2,013 | 0.18 | |
| Vaino Amuthenu | Congress of Democrats | 1,213 | 0.11 | |
| Total | 1,099,582 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 1,099,582 | 98.69 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 14,552 | 1.31 | ||
| Total votes | 1,114,134 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,449,569 | 76.86 | ||
| Source: [5][6] | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "This is the salary of Namibia's first female president". PoliticalSalaries.com. 21 March 2025.
- ↑ Cook, Candace; Siegle, Joseph. "Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa". Africa Center for Strategic Studies.
- ↑ 2014 amended Constitution, Elkins, Zachary, Tom Ginsburg, James Melton. Constitute: The World's Constitutions to Read, Search, and Compare, constituteproject.org, accessed February 3, 2024
- ↑ "Chapter 5 – The President | Namibia". www.un.int. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ↑ "Presidential Ballot 2024 Election Results". Electoral Commission of Namibia.
- ↑ "Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia No. 8555" (PDF). 3 January 2025.
