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Ministry of Trade and Industry (Namibia)

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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

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

# Picture Name (Birth–Death) Party Term start Term end
Minister of Trade and Industry
1 Ben Amathila 1938– SWAPO 1990 1993
2 Hidipo Hamutenya 1939–2016 SWAPO 1993 2005
3 Immanuel Ngatjizeko 1952–2022 SWAPO 2005 2008
4 Hage Geingob 1941– SWAPO 2008 2012
5 Calle Schlettwein 1954– SWAPO 2012 2015
Minister of Industrialization, Trade and SME Development
Immanuel Ngatjizeko 1952–2022 SWAPO 2015 2018
6 Tjekero Tweya 1967– SWAPO 2018 2020
Minister of Industrialisation and Trade
7 Lucia Iipumbu 1975– SWAPO 2020

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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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