Namibia has just made history as it swore in its first female president, Nandi-Ndaitwah on Friday, March 21, 2025.
The event was attended by several heads of state from across Africa and beyond.
Nandi-Ndaitwah, former Vice President and minister, emphasised that she was elected on merit, not because of her gender.
The first female President of Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (born 29 October 1952), nicknamed NNN is a Namibian politician who is the fifth and current president of Namibia since March 2025.
Previously, she served as the third vice-president between 2024 and 2025.
Furthermore, she was the first female presidential candidate for SWAPO’s in 2024.
In 2017, Nandi-Ndaitwah was elected vice-president of SWAPO, the first woman to serve in that position.
However, before entering the top leading position, Nandi-Ndaitwah previously served as the deputy prime minister of Namibia from 2015 to 2024, minister of International Relations and Cooperation from December 2012 to 2015, and as minister of Environment and Tourism from March 2010 to December 2012.
In addition, she is a long-time member of the National Assembly.
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Nandi-Ndaitwah is the second African woman to be directly elected as president, after Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
She reached the highest office in her land nearly 60 years after she joined the liberation movement fighting for independence from apartheid South Africa.
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