List of heads of state of Namibia

Cabinet

The Transitional Government of National Unity was chaired on a three-month round robin basis by its cabinet members.

Dates	Chairman	Ministerial portfolio	Party
17 June 1985 — 16 September 1985	Dawid Bezuidenhout	Transport	Labour Party
17 September 1985 — 16 December 1985	Hans Diergaardt	Local Authorities and Civic Affairs	Rehoboth Free Democratic Party
17 December 1985 — 16 March 1986	Moses Katjikuru Katjiuongua	Manpower, National Health and Welfare	SWANU
17 March 1986 — 16 June 1986	Fanuel Kozonguizi	Justice, Information, Post and Telecommunication	Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
17 June 1986 — 16 September 1986	Andrew Matjila	Education and Central Personnel Institution	Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
17 September 1986 — 16 December 1986	Dirk Mudge	Finance and Government Affairs	Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
17 December 1986 — 31 January 1987	Ebenezer van Zijl	Agriculture, Water Affairs and Fisheries	South West National Party
1 February 1987 — 30 April 1987	Andreas Shipanga	Nature Conservation, Mining, Commerce and Tourism	SWAPO Democrats
1 May 1987 — 31 July 1987	Dawid Bezuidenhout	Transport	Labour Party of Namibia
1 August 1987 — 17 January 1988	Jan de Wet		South West National Party
18 January 1988 — 17 April 1988	Moses Katjikuru Katjiuongua	Manpower, National Health and Welfare	South West African National Union
18 April 1988 — 17 July 1988	Andrew Matjila	Education and Central Personnel Institution	Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
18 July 1988 — 17 October 1988	Dirk Mudge	Finance and Government Affairs	Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
18 October 1988 — December 1988	Andreas Shipanga	Nature Conservation, Mining, Commerce and Tourism	SWAPO Democrats
December 1988 — January 1989	Andrew Matjila	Education and Central Personnel Institution	Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
January 1989 — 28 February 1989	Harry Booysen		Labour Party of Namibia

UN Commissioners

There were seven occupants of the post of United Nations Commissioner for Namibia (UNCN). South Africa refused to recognize any of the UN Commissioners.

Commissioner	Country	Term of office
Anton Vratuša	Yugoslavia	27 October 1966 — 13 June 1967
Konstantinos Stavropoulos	Greece	13 June 1967 — 1 December 1969 (acting)
Agha Abdul Hamid	Pakistan	1 December 1969 — 18 December 1973 (acting)
Seán MacBride	Ireland	18 December 1973 — 1 January 1977
Martti Ahtisaari	Finland	1 January 1977 — 1 April 1982
Brajesh Mishra	India	1 April 1982 — 1 July 1987
Bernt Carlsson	Sweden	1 July 1987 — 21 December 1988

List of Chairmen of the Executive Committee of Namibia.

Below is a list of office-holders:

Name	Took office	Left office
Abraham Hermanus du Plessis	23 February 1960	16 December 1965
Jacobus Willem François	16 December 1965	8 December 1965
Johannes Jannie de Wet	8 December 1965	17 October 1970
Leonard Joseph Barnes	17 October 1970	1978
Dawid Bezuidenhout	1978	1985
Willem A.A. Phillips	1985	1988
Raymond Reginald	1988	1989
Dirk Frederik Mudge	1989	1990

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes
German South West Africa
9 April 1883 to 12 May 1883		Heinrich Vogelsang [de], acting Magistrate	Agent of Adolf Lüderitz, purchased Angra Pequena (Lüderitz Bay)
12 May 1883 to 24 April 1884	File:Adolf-Lüderitz-2.jpg	Adolf Lüderitz, Magistrate
Protectorate
24 April 1884 to 7 October 1884	File:Adolf-Lüderitz-2.jpg	Adolf Lüderitz, Magistrate
7 October 1884 to May 1885	File:Gustav Nachtigal 01.jpg	Gustav Nachtigal, Reichskommissar	Imperial commissioner
May 1885 to August 1890	File:Heinrich Göring 2.jpg	Heinrich Ernst Göring, acting Reichskommissar	acting Imperial commissioner; father of Hermann Göring
August 1890 to March 1891		Louis Nels, acting Reichskommissar	acting Imperial commissioner
March 1891 to 14 September 1892	File:CurtvonFrancois.jpg	Curt von François, Reichskommissar	Imperial commissioner
Crown Colony
14 September 1892 to November 1893	File:CurtvonFrancois.jpg	Curt von François, Reichskommissar	Imperial commissioner
November 1893 to 15 March 1894	File:CurtvonFrancois.jpg	Curt von François, Landeshauptleute	Administrator
15 March 1894 to 18 April 1898	File:Theodor Gotthilf Leutwein.jpg	Theodor Leutwein, Landeshauptleute	Administrator, acting to 27 June 1895
18 April 1898 to 19 August 1905	File:Theodor Gotthilf Leutwein.jpg	Theodor Leutwein, Governor
19 August 1905 to November 1905	File:Lothar von Trotha.jpg	Lothar von Trotha, acting Governor	Most remembered for his role in the Herero Wars, particularly in the Herero and Namaqua genocide
November 1905 to 20 May 1907	File:220px-Lindequist-2.jpg	Friedrich von Lindequist, Governor
20 May 1907 to 20 June 1910	File:Bruno von Schuckmann.jpg	Bruno von Schuckmann, Governor
28 August 1910 to 9 July 1915	File:Theodor Seitz.jpg	Theodor Seitz, Governor	Surrendered to South African forces, together with Oberstleutnant Franke's colonial troops
South West Africa
Occupation by South Africa
9 July 1915 to 11 July 1915	File:General Louis Botha - from correspondence of PA Molteno.png	Louis Botha, Military Governor	Simultaneously served as Prime Minister of South Africa
11 July 1915 to 30 October 1915		Percival Scott Beves, Military Governor
31 October 1915 to 1 October 1920		Sir Edmond Howard Lacam Gorges, Administrator
1 October 1920 to 17 December 1920		Gysbert Reitz Hofmeyr, Administrator
League of Nations mandate (administered by South Africa)
17 December 1920 to 1 April 1926		Gysbert Reitz Hofmeyr, Administrator
1 April 1926 to 1 April 1933		Albertus Johannes Werth, Administrator
1 April 1933 to 1 April 1943		David Gideon Conradie, Administrator
1 April 1943 to 6 December 1951		Petrus Imker Hoogenhout, Administrator	On 11 December 1946, South Africa rejects a United Nations Trust Territory status for South West Africa
6 December 1951 to 1 December 1953		Albertus Johannes Roux van Rhijn, Administrator
1 December 1953 to 1 December 1963		Daniel Thomas du Plessis Viljoen, Administrator	On 24 August 1954, South Africa announces mandate has lapsed and that "the territory and South Africa are one political entity"
1 December 1963 to 1 November 1968		Wentzel Christoffel du Plessis, Administrator	On 27 October 1966, United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 2145 terminates the mandate and puts South West Africa under direct UN responsibility. On 12 June 1968, UNGA Resolution 2372 formally renames South West Africa Namibia; South Africa rejects both resolutions
1 November 1968 to 1 November 1971		Johannes Gert Hendrik van der Wath, Administrator	On 30 January 1970, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 276 declares South Africa in "illegal occupation" of Namibia
1 November 1971 to 1 September 1977		Barend Johannes van der Walt, Administrator
1 September 1977 to 7 August 1979		Marthinus T. Steyn, Administrator-General
7 August 1979 to 4 September 1980		Gerrit Viljoen, Administrator-General
4 September 1980 to 1 February 1983		Danie Hough, Administrator-General
1 February 1983 to 1 July 1985		Willie van Niekerk, Administrator-General
1 July 1985 to 21 March 1990		Louis Pienaar, Administrator-General
21 March 1990	Independence as Republic of Namibia

Key

Political parties

South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO)

List of officeholders

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
1	File:Sam Nujoma.jpg	Sam Nujoma (1929–)	1989 1994 1999	21 March 1990	21 March 2005	15 years	SWAPO
2	File:Hifikepunye Pohamba.jpg	Hifikepunye Pohamba (1936–)	2004 2009	21 March 2005	21 March 2015	10 years	SWAPO
3	File:2020 Hage Geingob.jpg	Hage Geingob (1941–)	2014 2019	21 March 2015	Incumbent	11 years, 128 days	SWAPO

Timeline

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References

External links

World Statesmen - Namibia

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