President of Namibia

President of the Republic of Namibia
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Incumbent Hage Geingob since 21 March 2015
Residence	State House of Namibia
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Sam Nujoma
Formation	21 March 1990
Deputy	Vice-President of Namibia
Salary	99,241 USD annually
Website	http://www.op.gov.na/

The president of the Republic of Namibia is the head of state and the head of government of Namibia, as well as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, according to the Constitution of Namibia.

Key

Political parties

•   South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO)

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Sam Nujoma (born 1929)	1989 1994 1999	21 March 1990	21 March 2005	15 years	SWAPO
2		Hifikepunye Pohamba (born 1936)	2004 2009	21 March 2005	21 March 2015	10 years	SWAPO
3		Hage Geingob (born 1941)	2014 2019	21 March 2015	Incumbent	6 years, 242 days	SWAPO

Timeline

Latest election

Main article: 2019 Namibian general election

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Hage Geingob	SWAPO	464,703	56.3
Panduleni Itula	Independent	242,657	29.4
McHenry Venaani	Popular Democratic Movement	43,959	5.3
Bernadus Swartbooi	Landless People's Movement	22,542	2.7
Apius Auchab	United Democratic Front	22,115	2.7
Esther Muinjangue	National Unity Democratic Organisation	12,039	1.5
Tangeni Iiyambo	SWANU	5,959	0.7
Henk Mudge	Republican Party	4,379	0.5
Mike Kavekotora	Rally for Democracy and Progress	3,515	0.4
Ignatius Shixwameni	All People's Party	3,304	0.4
Jan Mukwilongo	Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters	1,026	0.1
Invalid/blank votes		0	–
Total		826,198	100
Registered voters/turnout		1,358,468	60.8
Source: ECN

See also

• Namibia
  • Politics of Namibia
  • List of colonial governors of South West Africa
  • Vice-President of Namibia
  • Prime Minister of Namibia
  • Cabinet of Namibia
• Lists of Incumbents

External links

• World Statesmen - Namibia