List of governors of the Namibian regions

The list of governors of the Namibian regions contains all the governors of the regions of Namibia founded in 1992 since the country's independence in 1990. Since 2010, these have been appointed by the President ; previously they were elected from among the respective regional council members.

During the transition period from 1990 to 1992, Regional Commissioners (English Regional Commissioner ) by the President to guide the management of old appointed regions.

Acting governors

The following table lists the incumbent governors of the regions of Namibia. (As of 2020)

region	governor	Date of birth	Political party	Taking office	Parties in the regional council
Erongo	Neville Andre	1979 or 1980	SWAPO	Apr 7, 2020	SWAPO PDM UDF Independent Candidate
Hardap	Solomon April		SWAPO	Apr 7, 2020	SWAPO UPM
ǁKaras	Aletta Fredericks	1987 or 1988	SWAPO	Apr 7, 2020	SWAPO LPM
Kavango East	Boniface Wakudumo		SWAPO	Apr 7, 2020	SWAPO
Kavango West	Sirkka Ausiku	Apr 9, 1964	SWAPO	2014	SWAPO
Khomas	Laura McLeod-Katjirua	1960 or 1961	SWAPO	2012	SWAPO
Kunene	Marius Sheya		SWAPO	Jan. 1, 2018	SWAPO PDM
Ohangwena	Forest Ndevashiya		SWAPO	Apr 7, 2020	SWAPO
Grandmaheke	Pijoo Nganate		SWAPO	Apr 7, 2020	SWAPO NUDO Independent candidate
Omusati	Erkki Endjala		SWAPO	Apr 21, 2015	SWAPO
Oshana	Elia Irimari		SWAPO	Apr 21, 2015	SWAPO
Oshikoto	Penda Ya Ndakolo		SWAPO	Apr 7, 2020	SWAPO
Otjozondjupa	James Uerikua		SWAPO	Apr 7, 2020	SWAPO NUDO
Zambezi	Lawrence Sampofu	Aug 10, 1955	SWAPO	2010	SWAPO

Former governors

Erongo

Location in Namibia
coat of arms
Constituencies in Erongo

Term of office	governor	Political party	Remarks
1992-1999	Asser caper	SWAPO	1992 to 1993 as governor of the Western Region
1999-2010	Samuel Nuuyoma	SWAPO
2010-2020	Cleophas Mutjavikua	SWAPO

Hardap

Location in Namibia
coat of arms
Hardap constituencies

Term of office	governor	Political party
Before 2003
around 2003-2004	Pieter Boltman	DTA ( RP )
2004-2015	Katrina Hanse-Himarwa	SWAPO
2015-2020	Esme Isaack	SWAPO

ǁKaras

Location in Namibia
coat of arms
Constituencies in ǁKaras

Term of office	governor	Political party
1992-2004	Stephanus Goliath	SWAPO
2004-2010	Dawid Boois	SWAPO
2010-2015	Bernadus Swartbooi	SWAPO
2015-2020	Lucia Basson	SWAPO

Kavango

Location in Namibia
coat of arms
Constituencies in Kavango

Term of office	governor	Political party
before 1999
1999-2004	Sebastiaan Karupu	SWAPO
2004-2010	John Thighuru	SWAPO
2010-2013	Maurus Nekaro	SWAPO
2013	Samuel Mbambo	SWAPO

Kavango East

Location in Namibia
Constituencies in Kavango East

Term of office	governor	Political party	Remarks	image
2013-2020	Samuel Mbambo	SWAPO

Kavango West

Location in Namibia
Constituencies in Kavango-West

Term of office	governor	Political party	Remarks	image
2013-2014	Samuel Mbambo	SWAPO

Khomas

Location in Namibia
coat of arms
Constituencies in Khomas

Term of office	governor	Political party
1992-2004	John Pandeni	SWAPO
2004-2010	Sophia Shaningwa	SWAPO
2010–2012	Samuel Nuuyoma	SWAPO

Kunene

Location in Namibia
coat of arms
Constituencies in Kunene

Term of office	governor	Political party
1992–
-2004	Simpson Tjongarero	UDF
2004-2010	Themistocles Dudu Murorua	UDF
2010-21. April 2015	Joshua ǁHoëbeb	SWAPO
April 21, 2015–1. October 2017	Angelica Muharukua	SWAPO

Ohangwena

Location in Namibia
coat of arms
Constituencies in Ohangwena

Term of office	governor	Political party	Remarks	image
1992-2004	Billy Mwaningang	SWAPO
2004-2020	Usko Nghaamwa	SWAPO

Grandmaheke

Location in Namibia
coat of arms
Constituencies in Omaheke

Term of office	governor	Political party	Remarks
1992–
2001–	Laura McLeod-Katjirua	SWAPO
–2013	Rehoboam Kamehozu	SWAPO	died in office
2013-2020	Festus Ueitele	SWAPO

Omusati

Location in Namibia
coat of arms
Constituencies in Omusati

Term of office	governor	Political party
1992-1999	Nangolo Mukwiilongo	SWAPO
1999-2010	Sackey Kayone	SWAPO
2010-2015	Sophia Shaningwa	SWAPO

Oshana

Location in Namibia
coat of arms
Constituencies in Oshana

Term of office	governor	Political party	Remarks	image
1992-1999
1999-2019	Clemence Kashuupulwa	SWAPO

Oshikoto

Location in Namibia
coat of arms
Constituencies in Oshikoto

Term of office	governor	Political party
1992-1999
1999-2004	Vilho Kamanya	SWAPO
2004-2015	Penda Ya Ndakolo	SWAPO
2015-2020	Henock Kankoshi	SWAPO

Otjozondjupa

Location in Namibia
coat of arms
Constituencies in Otjozondjupa

Term of office	governor	Political party
1992-1999
1999-2003	Grace Uushona	SWAPO
2003-2008	Theophilus Eiseb	SWAPO
2008-2010	Ferdinand Kavetuna	SWAPO
2010–2012	Rehoboam Kamehozu	SWAPO
2012-2015	Samuel Nuuyoma	SWAPO
2015-2020	Otto Ipinge	SWAPO

Zambezi

Location in Namibia
coat of arms
Constituencies in Zambezi

Term of office	governor	Political party	Remarks
-1999	John Mabuku	DTA	as governor of the Caprivi region
1999-2008	Bernard Sibalatani	SWAPO	as governor of the Caprivi region
2008-2010	Leonard Mwilima	SWAPO	as governor of the Caprivi region

Web links

Website of the Ministry of Housing and Rural Development (English)

Individual evidence

^ Full approval - Two amendments to the law passed by the National Council. In: Allgemeine Zeitung , October 29, 2010.
↑ Hoze Riruako: The Paradox of Decentralization in Namibia. (PDF) University of the Western Cape , Cape Town 2007, p. 117.

[1] Full approval - Two amendments to the law passed by the National Council. In: Allgemeine Zeitung , October 29, 2010.

[2] Hoze Riruako: The Paradox of Decentralization in Namibia. (PDF) University of the Western Cape , Cape Town 2007, p. 117.