The Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade (MIT) is a government ministry of Namibia, with headquarters in Windhoek. It was created at Namibian independence in 1990 as Ministry of Trade and Industry,[1] renamed Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development in 2015, and got its current name in 2020. The first Namibian minister of trade was Ben Amathila.[2] The current minister is Lucia Iipumbu.[3]

Ministers

All trade and industry ministers in chronological order are:[1]

# Picture Name (Birth–Death) Party Term start Term end
Minister of Trade and Industry
1Ben Amathila1938–SWAPO19901993
2Hidipo Hamutenya1939–2016SWAPO19932005
3Immanuel Ngatjizeko1952–2022SWAPO20052008
4Hage Geingob1941–SWAPO20082012
5Calle Schlettwein1954–SWAPO20122015
Minister of Industrialization, Trade and SME Development
Immanuel Ngatjizeko1952–2022SWAPO20152018
6Tjekero Tweya1967–SWAPO20182020
Minister of Industrialisation and Trade
7Lucia Iipumbu1975–SWAPO2020

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Sherbourne, Robin. Guide to the Namibian Economy 2013/14. Institute for Public Policy Research. p. 240. ISBN 978-99945-78-14-6.
  2. Hopwood, Graham (2007). "Who's Who, entry for Ben Amathila". Guide to Namibian Politics. Namibia Institute for Democracy. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. "Leadership". Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade, Government of Namibia. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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