Isak Katali

Isak Katali
Isak Katali (left) & Yukiya Amano
Minister of Mines and Energy
In office
2010–2015
PresidentHifikepunye Pohamba
Prime MinisterNahas Angula
Hage Geingob
Preceded byErkki Nghimtina
Succeeded byObeth Kandjoze
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry
In office
2008–2010
PresidentHifikepunye Pohamba
Prime MinisterNahas Angula
Deputy Minister of Lands and Resettlement
In office
2000–2008
PresidentSam Nujoma
Hifikepunye Pohamba
Prime MinisterHage Geingob
Theo-Ben Gurirab
Nahas Angula
Personal details
Born (1958-01-05) 5 January 1958 (age 66)
Eunda, Omusati Region, South West Africa (now Namibia)
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand
University of Wales
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionTeacher

Henry Isak Amalovu Katali (born 5 January 1958 in Eunda, Omusati Region) is a Namibian politician.[1]

From 1988 to 1990, Katali studied for a bachelor's degree with honours at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. From 2001, Katali completed a master's degree from the University of the Western Cape outside of Cape Town in South Africa.[2]

A member of SWAPO, Katali worked as an educator, both as a teacher and in administration around Ondangwa from 1987 to 2000. From 1990 to 1995, Katali worked as the regional secretary for the Namibia National Teachers Union (NANTU).[2]

In 2000, he was selected by president Sam Nujoma as one of six appointed but non-voting member to the National Assembly of Namibia and immediately became deputy Minister of Lands and Resettlement. He was elected on the SWAPO party list in 2004 and subsequently re-appointed to the cabinet of Hifikepunye Pohamba.[2] In 2008 he was moved to deputise the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, and in 2010 he was promoted to Minister of Mines and Energy.[1] He served in that position until 2015.

  1. ^ a b "Katali Henry Isak Amalovu". Parliament of Namibia. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Isak Katali Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine at the Namibia Institute for Democracy