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Honourable
Calle Schlettwein
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
21 March 2015
Prime MinisterSaara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila
Preceded bySaara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila
Minister of Trade and Industry
In office
4 December 2012 – 21 March 2015
Prime MinisterHage Geingob
Preceded byHage Geingob
Succeeded byImmanuel Ngatjizeko
Deputy Minister of Finance
In office
2010–2012
Prime MinisterNahas Angula
Succeeded byNatangwe Ithete
Personal details
Born (1954-06-13) 13 June 1954 (age 70)
Otjiwarongo, South West Africa
Political partySWAPO
Alma materStellenbosch University

Carl-Hermann Gustav "Calle" Schlettwein (born 13 June 1954) is a Namibian politician who has served as the country's Minister of Finance since 2015 and previously served as Minister of Trade and Industry from 2012 to 2015.

Beginning at Namibian Independence in 1990, he served as permanent secretary in various ministries. After seven years of deployment in the Ministry of Finance, President Hifikepunye Pohamba appointed Schlettwein to the National Assembly as one of the six non-voting Members of Parliament appointed by the President for the term that began in March 2010;[1] he was then appointed as Deputy Minister of Finance in 2010.[2] In a Cabinet reshuffle following the 2012 SWAPO congress, Schlettwein was promoted to Minister of Trade and Industry on 4 December 2012.[3]

On Heroes' Day 2014 he was conferred the Most Excellent Order of the Eagle, Second Class.[4]

Under President Hage Geingob, Schlettwein was moved to the post of Minister of Finance in March 2015.[5]

References

  1. ^ Bridgitte Weidlich, "Sixty seven new MPs sworn in", The Namibian, 23 March 2010.
  2. ^ Ndjebela, Toivo (12 August 2011). "Under Spending is a 'Sin'". New Era. via allafrica.com.
  3. ^ Shipanga, Selma; Immanuel, Shinovene (5 December 2012). "Transition team picked". The Namibian.
  4. ^ "Namibians honoured by President". New Era. 28 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Geingob announces Cabinet", The Namibian, 20 March 2015.