Cabinet Pohamba I.

The Pohamba I cabinet designates the Namibian government under President Hifikepunye Pohamba , which was formed on March 21, 2005 and replaced the government under President Sam Nujoma . It was replaced on March 21, 2010 by the Pohamba II cabinet . It consisted of members of the ruling SWAPO party, which had won a 3/4 majority in the National Assembly in the 2004 parliamentary elections in Namibia .

The cabinet consisted of the President , the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister and the ministers appointed by the President. The Prime Minister is the head of government and first advisor to the President, he coordinates all government agencies, ministries and other state agencies. An extensive cabinet reshuffle took place in April 2008, and ministers were swapped among each other in their areas of responsibility.

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Pohamba I Cabinet March 21, 2005 to March 21, 2010
President	Hifikepunye Pohamba
Minister for Presidential Affairs	Albert Kawana
prime minister	Nahas Angula
Deputy Prime Minister	Libertina Amathila
Work and social	Alpheus ǃNaruseb (2005–2008) Immanuel Ngatjizeko (2008–2010)
Exterior	Marco Hausiku
Mining and energy	Erkki Nghimtina
education	Nangolo Mbumba
Finances	Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila
fishing	Abraham Iyambo
Health and social services	Richard Kamwi
Gender equality and child welfare	Marlene Mungunda
Trade and industry	Immanuel Ngatjizeko (2005–2008) Hage Geingob (2008–2010)
Information and broadcasting	Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (2005-2008) Joel Kaapanda (2008-2010)
Home Affairs and Immigration	Rosalia Nghidinwa
Youth, national services, sport and culture	Johannes Mutorwa (2005–2008) Willem Kanjore (2008–2010)
Judiciary	Pendukeni Ivula-Ithana
Lands and Resettlement	Jerry Ekandjo (2005–2008) Alpheus ǃNaruseb (2008–2010)
Agriculture, water and forestry	Nickey Iyambo (2005–2008) Johannes Mutorwa (2008–2010)
Public work and transport	Joel Kaapanda (2005–2008) Helmut Angula (2008–2010)
Regional and local administration, housing and rural development	John Pandeni (2005-2008) Jerry Ekandjo (2008-2010)
safety	Peter Tsheehama (2005-2008) Nickey Iyambo (2008-2010)
Environment and tourism	Willem Konjore (2005–2008) Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (2008–2010)
defense	Charles Namoloh
Veterans	Ngarikutuke Tjiriange

Source: Complete Cabinet List, The Economist, March 24, 2005 and Cabinet reshuffle Pohamba reshuffles Cabinet, The Namibian, April 9, 2008

See also

• Political system of Namibia
• List of ministries in Namibia

Web links

• Government of Namibia (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: economist.com.na )
2. ^ Cabinet reshuffle Pohamba reshuffles Cabinet . The Namibian. Retrieved June 1, 2019.