President of Namibia

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

President of the
Republic of Namibia
Presidential Standard
Incumbent
Hage Geingob
since 21 March 2015
ResidenceState House of Namibia
Term length5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderSam Nujoma
Formation21 March 1990
DeputyVice-President of Namibia
SalaryN$ 1,822,064 (US$ 99,241) annually[1]
Websitewww.op.gov.na
Politics of Namibia
Constitution
Executive
Legislature
Judiciary
Administrative divisions
Elections
Foreign relations

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]

List of officeholders
Political parties
  South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO)
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 199021 March 2005 15 years SWAPO
2 Hifikepunye Pohamba
(born 1936)		 2004
2009		 21 March 200521 March 2015 10 years SWAPO
3 Hage Geingob
(born 1941)		 2014
2019		 21 March 2015Incumbent 8 years, 221 days SWAPO

Timeline
Hage GeingobHifikepunye PohambaSam Nujoma


Latest election
Main article: 2019 Namibian general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Hage GeingobSWAPO464,70356.25
Panduleni ItulaIndependent242,65729.37
McHenry VenaaniPopular Democratic Movement43,9595.32
Bernadus SwartbooiLandless People's Movement22,5422.73
Apius AuchabUnited Democratic Front22,1152.68
Esther MuinjangueNational Unity Democratic Organisation12,0391.46
Tangeni IiyamboSWANU5,9590.72
Henk MudgeRepublican Party4,3790.53
Mike KavekotoraRally for Democracy and Progress3,5150.43
Ignatius ShixwameniAll People's Party3,3040.40
Epafras MukwiilongoNamibian Economic Freedom Fighters1,0260.12
Total826,198100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,358,468–
Source: ECN

See also

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.
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