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,[1] 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.[2] The current minister is Lucia Iipumbu.[3]

Ministers

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All trade and industry ministers in chronological order are:[1]

# Picture Name (Birth–Death) Party Term start Term end
Minister of Trade and Industry
01 Ben Amathila 1938– SWAPO 1990 1993
02 Hidipo Hamutenya 1939–2016 SWAPO 1993 2005
03   Immanuel Ngatjizeko 1952–2022 SWAPO 2005 2008
04   Hage Geingob 1941– SWAPO 2008 2012
05   Calle Schlettwein 1954– SWAPO 2012 2015
Minister of Industrialization, Trade and SME Development
0   Immanuel Ngatjizeko 1952–2022 SWAPO 2015 2018
06   Tjekero Tweya 1967– SWAPO 2018 2020
Minister of Industrialisation and Trade
07 Lucia Iipumbu 1975– SWAPO 2020

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Sherbourne, Robin. Guide to the Namibian Economy 2013/14. Institute for Public Policy Research. p. 240. ISBN 978-99945-78-14-6.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Leadership". Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade, Government of Namibia. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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