President of Namibia

President of the
Republic of Namibia
President of the; Republic of Namibia
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	Incumbent; Hage Geingob; since 21 March 2015
Residence	State House of Namibia
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Sam Nujoma
Formation	21 March 1990
Deputy	Vice-President of Namibia
Salary	99,241 USD annually[1]
Website	http://www.op.gov.na/

The president of the Republic of Namibia is the head of state and the head of government of Namibia, as well as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, according to the Constitution of Namibia.

Key

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
1		Sam Nujoma (born 1929)	1989 1994 1999	21 March 1990	21 March 2005	15 years	SWAPO
2		Hifikepunye Pohamba (born 1936)	2004 2009	21 March 2005	21 March 2015	10 years	SWAPO
3		Hage Geingob (born 1941)	2014 2019	21 March 2015	Incumbent	7 years, 42 days	SWAPO


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Hage Geingob	SWAPO	464,703	56.25
	Panduleni Itula	Independent	242,657	29.37
	McHenry Venaani	Popular Democratic Movement	43,959	5.32
	Bernadus Swartbooi	Landless People's Movement	22,542	2.73
	Apius Auchab	United Democratic Front	22,115	2.68
	Esther Muinjangue	National Unity Democratic Organisation	12,039	1.46
	Tangeni Iiyambo	SWANU	5,959	0.72
	Henk Mudge	Republican Party	4,379	0.53
	Mike Kavekotora	Rally for Democracy and Progress	3,515	0.43
	Ignatius Shixwameni	All People's Party	3,304	0.40
	Epafras Mukwiilongo	Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters	1,026	0.12
Total			826,198	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			1,358,468	–
Source: ECN

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