Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah | |
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![]() Nandi-Ndaitwah in 2015 | |
3rd Vice President of Namibia | |
Assumed office 4 February 2024 | |
President | Nangolo Mbumba |
Preceded by | Nangolo Mbumba |
Deputy-Prime Minister of Namibia | |
In office 21 March 2015 – 4 February 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Saara Kuugongelwa |
Preceded by | Marco Hausiku |
Succeeded by | John Mutorwa |
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation | |
Assumed office 4 December 2012 | |
Prime Minister |
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Preceded by | Utoni Nujoma |
Minister of Environment and Tourism | |
In office 21 March 2010 – 4 December 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Nahas Angula |
Preceded by | Willem Konjore |
Succeeded by | Uahekua Herunga |
Minister of Information and Broadcasting | |
In office 2005–2010 | |
Prime Minister | Nahas Angula |
Preceded by | Nangolo Mbumba |
Succeeded by | Joel Kaapanda |
Minister of Women Affairs and Child Welfare | |
In office 2000–2005 | |
Prime Minister | Hage Geingob |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | Marlene Mungunda |
Director General of Women Affairs | |
In office 1996–2000 | |
Prime Minister | Hage Geingob |
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 21 March 1990 – 21 March 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Hage Geingob |
Personal details | |
Born | Netumbo Nandi 29 October 1952 Onamutai, South West Africa (now Namibia) |
Nationality | Namibian |
Political party | SWAPO |
Spouse | Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah |
Alma mater | Keele University Glasgow Caledonian University |
Occupation | Politician |
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (born 29 October 1952) is a Namibian politician who is the third and current vice president of Namibia since February 2024.[1] She previously served as the deputy-prime minister of Namibia from 2015 to 2024.[2] The current SWAPO vice president, she has retained her position, and is set to become the party's first female presidential candidate in November 2024.[3] She has also been serving 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.