Minister: International Relations and Trade

Appointed By President – Non-Voting Member
Legislative Profile Member of Parliament – National Assembly (2025-2030); Minister: International Relations and Trade
Personal Born on 16 June 1960, Walvis Bay, Erongo Region
Education Master’s degree in Diplomatic Studies from Keele University, U.K., 1989 and Diplomas and Certificates from various renowned institutions.
Career High Commissioner of the Republic of Namibia to Ghana, Sierra Leone, Togo and Ambassador to Benin, Cote d’Ivoire and Liberia (2020 to 2025); Member of the United Nations Secretary General Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (2017); Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Namibia (2013 to 2020); High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria (2010 to 2013), and concurrently accredited to Ghana (2012 to 2013), Liberia (2011 to 2013); Namibia’s Ambassador to Austria, with concurrent accreditation to Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia (2006 to 2010); Permanent Representative of the Republic of Namibia to UN Office in Vienna (2006 to 2010); Deputy Chief of Mission at the Namibian Embassy in Washington DC, USA (2004 to 2006); Under-Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Head of the Department of Multilateral Affairs (2001 to 2004); Deputy Head of Delegation of Namibia to the UN Security Council (1999 to 2000); Deputy Permanent Representative of Namibia to the United Nations (1995 to 2000); Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United Nations, New York (1991 to 1995); and Deputy Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1990 to 1991).
Legislative Interest Foreign Policy, Multilateralism, Pan Africanism, Good Governance