Ministry of Finance (Namibia)

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The Namibian Ministry of Finance (MOF) was established at Namibian independence in 1990. The first Namibian minister of finance was German Namibian Otto Herrigel. The current finance minister is Iipumbu Shiimi, a former governor of the Bank of Namibia.

Ministers

All finance ministers in chronological order are:

#	Name	(Birth–Death)	Party	Term start	Term end
Minister of Finance
01	Otto Herrigel	1937–2013	SWAPO	1990	1992
02	Gert Hanekom	1930–1999	SWAPO	1992	1995
03	Helmut Angula	1945–	SWAPO	1995	1996
04	Nangolo Mbumba	1941–	SWAPO	1996	2003
05	Saara Kuugongelwa	1967–	SWAPO	2003	2015
06	Calle Schlettwein	1954–	SWAPO	2015	2020
07	Iipumbu Shiimi	1970–	SWAPO	2020

This list is complete and up to date as of March 2022.

^ Sherbourne, Robin. Guide to the Namibian Economy 2013/14. Institute for Public Policy Research. p. 28. ISBN 978-99945-78-14-6.
Immanuel, Shinovene (22 March 2020). "Shiimi to replace Schlettwein as finance minister". The Namibian.
"Management - MOF". Government of Namibia. Retrieved 4 April 2022.