Vice President of Namibia

Vice President of the
Republic of Namibia
Incumbent
Lucia Witbooi

since 22 March 2025
AppointerPresident
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderNickey Iyambo
Formation21 March 2015; 11 years ago (2015-03-21)
Salary87,789 USD annually[1][2]

The vice president of Namibia is the deputy head of state and head of government of Namibia. They are the first in the line of presidential succession.

The role of the vice president was created in 2014 along with several other constitutional amendments. The position is controversial because it does not have a specific duty.[3]

List

Political parties
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Nickey Iyambo
(1936–2019)
21 March 2015 8 February 2018 2 years, 324 days SWAPO
2 Nangolo Mbumba
(born 1941)
8 February 2018 4 February 2024 5 years, 361 days SWAPO
3 Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
(born 1952)
4 February 2024 21 March 2025 1 year, 45 days SWAPO
4 Lucia Witbooi
(born 1961)
22 March 2025 Incumbent 1 year, 147 days SWAPO

References

  1. "VP earns 15% more than PM". 3 March 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. "The highest and lowest paid African presidents - Business Daily". Business Daily. 27 December 2020.
  3. Angula, Sonja (21 July 2016). "VP post 'unnecessary' - analysts". Windhoek Observer. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

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