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The government of Namibia consists of the executive, the legislative and the judiciary branches. The Cabinet is the executive organ of government, implementing the laws of the country. It consists of the president, the prime minister and his deputy, as well as the ministers of the Cabinet of Namibia. The legislative organs of government are the ...
Politics of Namibia. Politics of Namibia takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Namibia is both head of state and head of government, [1][2] and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by both the president and the government.
Namibia (/ nəˈmɪbiə / ⓘ, / næˈ -/), [ 15 ][ 16 ] officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the east and south. Although it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 ...
v. t. e. The president of the Republic of Namibia is the head of state and the head of government of Namibia. The president directs the executive branch of the Government of Namibia, as chair of the Cabinet and is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, according to the Constitution of Namibia.
Below is a list of the cabinet of the Republic of Namibia from appointment in 2005 until replacement in 2010: President: Hifikepunye Pohamba. Prime Minister: Nahas Angula. Deputy-Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs: Marco Hausiku. Minister of Defense: Major General Charles Ndaxu Namoloh.
General elections were held in Namibia on 27 November 2019. [1] Ballots were cast using electronic voting. [2] A total of eleven candidates ran for the presidency and fifteen political parties contested the National Assembly elections. Hage Geingob of SWAPO was re-elected to the presidency, although his vote share was reduced from 87% in 2014 ...
Saara Kuugongelwa. Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila (born 12 October 1967) is a Namibian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Namibia since 2015. She is a member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) and has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1995. She served as Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2015 ...
The Parliament of Namibia is the national legislature of Namibia. It is a bicameral legislature and, thus, consists of two houses: [1][2] the National Council (upper house) and the National Assembly (lower house). All cabinet members are also members of the lower house. This situation has been criticised by Namibia's civil society and the ...