Ministry of Trade and Industry (Namibia)
The Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade (MIT) is a government ministry of Namibia, with headquarters in Windhoek. It was created at Namibian independence in 1990 as Ministry of Trade and Industry, renamed Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development in 2015, and got its current name in 2020. The first Namibian minister of trade was Ben Amathila.[1] The current minister is Lucia Iipumbu.[2]
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Ministers
All trade and industry ministers in chronological order are:
| # | Picture | Name | (Birth–Death) | Party | Term start | Term end |
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| Minister of Trade and Industry | ||||||
| 1 | Ben Amathila | 1938– | SWAPO | 1990 | 1993 | |
| 2 | Hidipo Hamutenya | 1939–2016 | SWAPO | 1993 | 2005 | |
| 3 |  | Immanuel Ngatjizeko | 1952–2022 | SWAPO | 2005 | 2008 |
| 4 | .jpg.webp) | Hage Geingob | 1941– | SWAPO | 2008 | 2012 |
| 5 | .jpg.webp) | Calle Schlettwein | 1954– | SWAPO | 2012 | 2015 |
| Minister of Industrialization, Trade and SME Development | ||||||
| Immanuel Ngatjizeko | 1952–2022 | SWAPO | 2015 | 2018 | |
| 6 | .jpg.webp) | Tjekero Tweya | 1967– | SWAPO | 2018 | 2020 |
| Minister of Industrialisation and Trade | ||||||
| 7 | Lucia Iipumbu | 1975– | SWAPO | 2020 | ||
See also
References
- Hopwood, Graham (2007). "Who's Who, entry for Ben Amathila". Guide to Namibian Politics. Namibia Institute for Democracy. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- "Leadership". Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade, Government of Namibia. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
External links
- Official website Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade
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