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1:35 CAT | 23 Mar 2025
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- Nation first in Africa to have female president, vice president
Namibia’s new President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah announced her first Cabinet on Saturday, appointing Lucia Witbooi as the nation’s first-ever female vice-president.
Namibia is now the only African country with a female president and vice president.
Nandi-Ndaitwah swore in 14 ministers, eight of whom are women, and seven deputies in the capital, Windhoek.
“I have no doubt that we will deliver on what the people of Namibia have mandated to do,” she said.
She added that state ministries were required to place programs aimed at eradicating poverty.
“The functions of marginalized and disability affairs will be placed in the office of the vice president to get the attention they need,” she said, asking Namibians to give her Cabinet ample opportunity to carry out their duties.
Other key appointments were Elijah Ngurare as prime minister and Selma Ashipala-Musavyi as international relations and trade minister.
Namibia’s Executive for 2025 to 2029
Vice President – Lucia Witbooi
Prime Minister – Elijah Ngurare
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Mines and Energy – Natangwe Ithete
Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs—Frans Kapofi; DM Charles Mubita
Ministry of Home Affairs,… pic.twitter.com/yoHQHAFH2Y
— NBC Digital News (@NBCDigitalNews) March 22, 2025
HISTORIC | President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah congratulates Vice President Lucia Witbooi as Namibia makes history as the first African country with a woman serving as President and Vice President.
Witbooi last served as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and… pic.twitter.com/xG06VRviL6
— NBC Digital News (@NBCDigitalNews) March 22, 2025
HISTORIC | President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah congratulates Vice President Lucia Witbooi as Namibia makes history as the first African country with a woman serving as President and Vice President.
Witbooi last served as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and… pic.twitter.com/xG06VRviL6
— NBC Digital News (@NBCDigitalNews) March 22, 2025
A ǀKhowesin woman in the Office of the Vice President. The ancestors must be rejoicing. Her Excellency, Vice President Lucia Witbooi. pic.twitter.com/YoFXBof4K1
— King_of_NamaquaLand 🇵🇸 (@Gord_TheJourno) March 22, 2025
Source: Anadolu
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