List of Mayors for the City of Walvis Bay
This is a list of the mayors of Walvis Bay , i.e. all the highest political offices (e.g. mayor ) in the Namibian port city of Walvis Bay .
British occupation
Captain
- 1887: Richard C. Dyer
Resident magistrates
- 1878-1880: D. Erskine
- 1880: William Coates Palgrave
- 1880–1882: Benjamin d'Urban Musgrave
- 1882-1883: EJ Whindus
Magistrates
- 1883-1885 (?): JS Simpson
- 1885–1889: Emile S. Rolland
- 1889–1901: John James Cleverly
- 1902-1903: Frank H. Guthrie
- 1903-1905: John James Cleverly
- 1905–1909 (?): David Eadie
- 1909-1910: JM Richards
British occupation
Magistrates
- 1910–1915 (?): JM Richards
- 1915–1920: vacant
- 1920-1925: KR Thomas
Chairman
- 1920-1931: KR Thomas
mayor
- 1931-1932: S. Blyth
- 1932-1934: WG Neate
- 1934–1940: Thomas Perris Hall
- 1940: EO Bull
- 1940–1948: no city status
- 1948-1949: J. Christie
- 1949-1950: F. Davel
- 1950-1951: JC Harris
- 1951-1952: AC Stafford
- 1952-1953: WJ Hamilton
- 1953-1954: JC Harris
- 1954–1955: HJ Reid
- 1955: WA Best
- 1955-1958: WA Willis
- 1958–1961: Peter van Aarde
- 1961-1963: WA Willis
- 1963-1970: MC Botma
- 1970–1974: Heleon Hendrikus Laubscher
- 1974-1975: NN Dreyer
- 1975–1977: Heleon Hendrikus Laubscher
- 1977-1978: N. Retief
- 1978-1980: A. Prinsloo
- 1980: AEM Deissler
- 1980-1983: N. Retief
- 1983–1988: CL Jager
- 1988-1989: AEM Deissler
- 1989-1991: N. Retief
- 1991-1992: RM Bramwell
- 1992-1993: JM Blaaw
- 1993-1994: Bryce Edwards
Integrated in Namibia
Administrator
- 1993–1994: Nangolo Mbumba (Namibia) and Carl von Hirschberg (South Africa)
mayor
- 1994–1999:?
- 1999– ?: Theresia Samaria
- 2003–: Mandume Muatunga
- 2006-2008: Derek Klazen
- 2008-2010: Uillika Nambahu
- 2010–2012: Derek Klazen
- since 2012: Uillika Nambahu
Web links
- Municipality of Walvis Bay (English)
- Mayor of Walvis Bay (English)
source
- Wavis Bay , on Worldstatesmen (English)