Otto Herrigel

Otto Herrigel (born June 27, 1937 in Walvis Bay , South West Africa , today Namibia ; † May 13, 2013 in Windhoek ) was a Namibian lawyer, businessman and politician of German origin . He was Namibia's first finance minister between 1990 and 1992 after the country gained independence. Herrigel was a member of SWAPO .

Career

Herrigel was born in Walvis Bay and grew up in nearby Swakopmund . He studied economics at the University of Heidelberg and received a doctorate from the University of Basel in 1971 . In his doctoral thesis Herrigel dealt with the demography and economy of South West Africa since 1921.

Herrigel was a member of SWAPO even before Namibia's independence . Until his appointment as the first finance minister of independent Namibia, he worked as a lawyer, farmer and businessman. Herrigel was also chairman of the Namibian Chamber of Commerce .

In 1992 Herrigel resigned due to internal disputes over the country's fiscal policy with the then President Sam Nujoma . He then filled supervisory board positions at the Bank of Namibia between 1998 and 2008 and the company TransNamib between 2000 and 2001.

Herrigel and his wife Karin raised two so-called GDR children . His wife runs the Otto Herrigel Environmental Trust, named after Herrigel .

Individual evidence

^ TL Eriksen, R. Moorsom: The Political Economy of Namibia: An Annotated Critical Bibliography. In: United Nations Institute for Namibia (Ed.): Norwegian foreign policy studies No. 69. Nordic Africa Institute, Oslo 1989, ISBN 978-91-7106-297-0 , p. 127 ( [1] ).
↑ Elena Torreguitar: National Liberation Movement in Office: Forging Democracy With African Adjectives in Namibia. In: European University Studies; Political Science No. 567. Peter Lang, 2009, ISBN 978-3-631-57995-4 , p. 398 ( [2] ).
^ ^A ^b Former Finance Minister Otto Herrigel dies. The Namibian, May 17, 2013 ( memento of June 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved May 20, 2013
↑ New By-Law to Encourage Supermarkets to Charge for Plastic Bags. Namib Times, June 2, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Herrigel, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Namibian politician (SWAPO)
DATE OF BIRTH	June 27, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	Walvis Bay
DATE OF DEATH	13th of May 2013
Place of death	Windhoek

[1] TL Eriksen, R. Moorsom: The Political Economy of Namibia: An Annotated Critical Bibliography. In: United Nations Institute for Namibia (Ed.): Norwegian foreign policy studies No. 69. Nordic Africa Institute, Oslo 1989, ISBN 978-91-7106-297-0 , p. 127 ( [1] ).

[2] Elena Torreguitar: National Liberation Movement in Office: Forging Democracy With African Adjectives in Namibia. In: European University Studies; Political Science No. 567. Peter Lang, 2009, ISBN 978-3-631-57995-4 , p. 398 ( [2] ).

[namibian-3] A ^b Former Finance Minister Otto Herrigel dies. The Namibian, May 17, 2013 ( memento of June 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved May 20, 2013

[4] New By-Law to Encourage Supermarkets to Charge for Plastic Bags. Namib Times, June 2, 2017.