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Namibia - Head of Government

HE Mr Hifikepunye Pohamba, President

HE Mr Hifikepunye Pohamba was sworn in as the second President of the Republic of Namibia on 21 March 2005.

Between 1995 and 2005, he served as Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources; Minister without Portfolio; and Minister of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation.

After Independence in March 1990, Mr Pohamba was the Minister of Home Affairs.

He is a founding member of the South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO). In 1989 he served as Head of Administration in the SWAPO Directorate of Elections and became a member of the Constituent Assembly in November that year, participating in the drafting of the Namibia Constitution. Mr Pohamba subsequently became a member of the National Assembly.

In 1977 he was made Secretary of Finance after becoming a member of the SWAPO’s Political Bureau. He was SWAPO’s Chief Representative in East Africa (1973) and held the post of Deputy Administrative Secretary in 1970.

Mr Pohamba has a Diploma from the International School of Political Science in Moscow, Russia.

He was born on 18 August 1935 in Okanghudi-Pohamba, Ondobe Constituency, Namibia.