Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Nandi-Ndaitwah in 2022
3rd Vice President of Namibia
Assumed office
4 February 2024
PresidentNangolo Mbumba
Preceded byNangolo Mbumba
Deputy-Prime Minister of Namibia
In office
21 March 2015 – 4 February 2024
Prime MinisterSaara Kuugongelwa
Preceded byMarco Hausiku
Succeeded byJohn Mutorwa
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
Assumed office
4 December 2012
Prime Minister
Preceded byUtoni Nujoma
Minister of Environment and Tourism
In office
21 March 2010 – 4 December 2012
Prime MinisterNahas Angula
Preceded byWillem Konjore
Succeeded byUahekua Herunga
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office
2005–2010
Prime MinisterNahas Angula
Preceded byNangolo Mbumba
Succeeded byJoel Kaapanda
Minister of Women Affairs and Child Welfare
In office
2000–2005
Prime MinisterHage Geingob
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byMarlene Mungunda
Director General of Women Affairs
In office
1996–2000
Prime MinisterHage Geingob
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
21 March 1990 – 21 March 1996
Prime MinisterHage Geingob
Personal details
Born
Netumbo Nandi

(1952-10-29) 29 October 1952 (age 72)
Onamutai, South West Africa (now Namibia)
NationalityNamibian
Political partySWAPO
SpouseEpaphras Denga Ndaitwah
Alma materKeele University
Glasgow Caledonian University
OccupationPolitician

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (born 29 October 1952) is a Namibian politician who is Namibia's third and current vice president since February 2024.[1] She previously served as the deputy prime minister of Namibia from 2015 to 2024.[2] Currently the SWAPO vice president, and has retained her position and is set to become the party's first female presidential candidate in November 2024.[3] She has also served as Namibia's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since December 2012. From March 2010 to December 2012, she was Minister of Environment and Tourism. Nandi-Ndaitwah is a member of SWAPO, Namibia's ruling party, and a long-time member of the National Assembly. In 2017, Nandi-Ndaitwah was elected vice-president of the Swapo Party at the party's 6th Congress. She is the first woman to serve in that position.

  1. ^ Staff, "Nangolo Mbumba sworn in as Namibia's fourth President", The Star Kenya, retrieved 4 February 2024
  2. ^ "Nandi-Ndaitwah Netumbo". Namibian Parliament. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah | Profile | Africa Confidential". www.africa-confidential.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.