Government of Namibia

Namibia
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Constitution Constituent Assembly
Executive President Hage Geingob Vice-President Nickey Iyambo Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa Cabinet
Legislature National Council Chairman: Asser K. Kapere National Assembly Speaker: Peter Katjavivi
Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice: Peter Shivute
Administrative divisions Regions Constituencies
Elections Recent elections General: 2004 2009 2014 Regional: 2004 2010 2015 Political parties
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The Government of Namibia consists of the executive, the legislative and the judiciary branches. The Cabinet is the executive organ of government, implementing the laws of the country. It consists of the President, the Prime Minister and his deputy, as well as the Ministers. The legislative organs of government are the National Council and the National Assembly. They make the laws of the country. The judiciary organs of government are the courts. The highest court of Namibia is the Supreme Court. There is also the High Court, and lower courts.^[1]

The Namibian government is partly centralised and partly regional. In the executive branch, Central government consists of ministries, offices and agencies, whereas regional government consists of Regional Councils, and constituencies within these.^[1] The legislation is centralised in the lower house (National Assembly), and regional in the upper house (National Council).^[2] The judiciary is centralised in the Supreme Court, whereas High Courts and lower courts are distributed all over the country.

Executive branch of government

The central executive branch of government consists of Offices, Ministries, and Agencies. The Offices of central government are:^[3]

• Office of the President (OoP)
• Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)
• Office of the Auditor-General (OAG)
• Office of the Ombudsman

There are currently twenty Ministries in Namibia:^[3]

• Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF)
• Ministry of Defence (MoD)
• Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET)
• Ministry of Education (MoE)
• Ministry of Finance (MoF)
• Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
• Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare (MGECF)
• Ministry of Health and Social Services (MHSS)
• Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration
• Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT)
• Ministry of Justice and Attorney General (MoJ)
• Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MLSW)
• Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME)
• Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development (MRLGHRD)
• Ministry of Safety and Security (MSS)
• Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI)
• Ministry of Veterans Affairs
• Ministry of Works and Transport (MoW)
• Ministry of Youth, National Services, Sport and Culture (MYNSSC)

The Agencies of central government are:^[3]

• Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)
• Electoral Commission (EC)
• Central Intelligence Service (NCIS)

Government organisations and state-owned enterprises

The Namibian state runs and owns a number of companies such as Air Namibia, Transnamib and NamPost, most of which need frequent financial assistance to stay afloat.^[4][5]

There is a number of agencies and authorities established by Acts of Parliament that can be considered government organisations:

• Namibia Tourism Board (NTB), the regulatory and marketing body for tourism activities in Namibia, and is headquartered in Windhoek, Namibia.^[6][7]
• Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA). This institution evaluates and accredits national institutions and degrees, as well as foreign qualifications of people who wish to demonstrate the national equivalence of their degrees earned abroad.^[8]

External links

• Government of Namibia, www.gov.na

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