President of Namibia

President of the Republic of Namibia
Seal of the Presidency
Presidential standard
Incumbent Nangolo Mbumba since 4 February 2024
Style	His Excellency
Type	Head of state Head of government Commander-in-chief
Residence	State House of Namibia
Seat	Windhoek
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Namibia
Inaugural holder	Sam Nujoma
Formation	21 March 1990
Deputy	Vice-President of Namibia
Salary	N$ 1,822,064 (US$ 99,241) annually[1]
Website	www.op.gov.na

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, as chair of the Cabinet and is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, according to the Constitution.

Term limits

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

If the presidency falls vacant and the president is unable to perform the duties, then the following officials are in line for succession for the remaining presidential term:^[3][4]

1. Vice President of Namibia
2. Prime Minister of Namibia
3. Deputy-Prime Minister of Namibia
4. 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

Political parties

  South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO)

Status

  Denotes acting president

Symbol

^† Died in office

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Sam Nujoma (born 1929)	1989 1994 1999	21 March 1990	21 March 2005	15 years	SWAPO
2		Hifikepunye Pohamba (born 1935)	2004 2009	21 March 2005	21 March 2015	10 years	SWAPO
3		Hage Geingob (1941–2024)	2014 2019	21 March 2015	4 February 2024^[†]	8 years, 320 days	SWAPO
—		Nangolo Mbumba (born 1941)	—	25 January 2024	4 February 2024	10 days	SWAPO
4				4 February 2024	Incumbent	332 days
5		Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (born 1952)	2024	21 March 2025	Elect	−79 days	SWAPO

Timeline

Latest election

Main article: 2024 Namibian general election

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: Electoral Commission of Namibia

See also

• Politics of Namibia
• List of colonial governors of South West Africa
• Vice-President of Namibia
• Prime Minister of Namibia
• Deputy-Prime Minister of Namibia
• Cabinet of Namibia

References

1. "The highest and lowest paid African presidents – Business Daily". Business Daily. 27 December 2020.
2. Cook, Candace; Siegle, Joseph. "Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa". Africa Center for Strategic Studies.
3. 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
4. "Chapter 5 – The President | Namibia". www.un.int. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

External links

• World Statesmen – Namibia