Below is a list of members of the 5th

National Assembly of Namibia The National Assembly is the lower chamber of Namibia's bicameral Parliament. Its laws must be approved by the National Council, the upper house. Since 2014, it has a total of 104 members. 96 members are directly elected through a system of cl ...

. They were selected by their parties based on the results of the 2009 parliamentary election. The members were in the National Assembly from 21 March 2010 until 21 March 2015. Members were chosen by their parties. Parties were voted in via

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...

. The 5th National Assembly consisted of 78 members: 72 elected from the party lists, and 6 without voting rights, appointed by the

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. This National Assembly, like each of the previous National Assemblies, was led by the

South West Africa People's Organization The South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO ; , SWAVO; , SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia (formerly South West Africa). Founded in 1960, it has been ...

. The seat distribution for the voting members was as follows: *

(SWAPO): 54 * Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP): 8 * Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA): 2 *

National Unity Democratic Organisation The National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) is a political party in Namibia. It has been represented in the National Assembly of Namibia and in the National Council of Namibia since it split from the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (now PDM ...

(NUDO): 2 * United Democratic Front (UDF): 2 * All People's Party (APP): 1 * Republican Party (RP): 1 *

Congress of Democrats The Congress of Democrats (CoD) is a Namibian opposition party without representation in the National Assembly and was led by Ben Ulenga from 2004 to 2015. It was established in 1999, prior to that year's general elections, and started off w ...

(CoD): 1 *

South West Africa National Union The South West Africa National Union (SWANU) is a Namibian political party founded in 1959. Most of its members came from the Herero people, while fellow independence movement SWAPO was mostly an Ovambo party. Structure and leadership SWANU ...

(SWANU): 1

Elected members

The following people were voting members of the 5th National Assembly, elected in the 2009 parliamentary election:

South West Africa People's Organization The South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO ; , SWAVO; , SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia (formerly South West Africa). Founded in 1960, it has been ...

Theo-Ben Gurirab Theo-Ben Gurirab (23 January 1938 – 14 July 2018) was a Namibian politician who served in various senior government positions. He served as the second prime minister of Namibia from 28 August 2002 to 20 March 2005, following the demotion and ...

, speaker of the National Assembly * Loide Kasingo, deputy speaker of the National Assembly * Nahas Angula, prime minister *

Hage Geingob Hage Gottfried Geingob (3 August 1941 – 4 February 2024) was a Namibian politician who served as the third president of Namibia from 2015 until his death in February 2024. Geingob was the country's first prime minister A prime minister ...

* Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana *

Nangolo Mbumba Nangolo Mbumba (born 15 August 1941) is a Namibian politician who was the fourth president of Namibia from 2024 to 2025. He became president after the death of Hage Geingob, under whom he had served as the second vice president from 2018 until h ...

Jerry Ekandjo Jerry Lukiiko Ekandjo (born 17 March 1947) is a Namibian politician, former anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner. He is one of the founding members of the SWAPO Youth League and has been one of the most active internal leading member ...

* Utoni Nujoma *

Alpheus ǃNaruseb Alpheus ǀGou-ǃna ǃNaruseb (born 20 March 1954) is a Namibian politician who has served in the cabinet of Namibia in various portfolios. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), !Naruseb has served in the cabinet since ...

* Abraham Iyambo * Petrina Haingura * Richard Kamwi * Kazenambo Kazenambo * Joel Kaapanda *

Erkki Nghimtina Erkki Nghimtina (born 16 September 1947) is a Namibian politician and former military officer in the Namibia Defence Force (NDF). A member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), Nghimtina served as member of the National Assemb ...

* John Mutorwa * Tjekero Tweya * Petrus Iilonga * Immanuel Ngatjizeko * Pohamba Shifeta * Elia Kaiyamo * Albert Kawana *

Bernhardt Esau Bernhardt Martin Esau (born 9 December 1957) is a Namibian politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), Esau has been a member of the National Assembly since being nominated by President Sam Nujoma and subsequen ...

* Doreen Sioka * Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila * Paulus Kapia *

Charles Namoloh Major General Charles Dickson Ndaxu Phillip Namoloh (born 28 February 1950) is a Namibian diplomat, politician and military figure who served in the cabinet of Namibia as Minister of Safety and Security from March 2015 to March 2020. Namoloh has ...

* Peya Mushelenga *

Alpheus Muheua Alpheus Muheua ( 1956 – 16 February 2022) was a Namibian politician who served as the deputy minister of Labour and Social Welfare. Career A member of SWAPO, Muheua was elected to the National Assembly of Namibia in the 2009 general electio ...

Priscilla Beukes Priscilla Beukes is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Beukes was elected to the National Assembly of Namibia in 2010. She was subsequently appointed to the Cabinet of Namibia (2010-), cabinet as the Deputy Minister of Regional and Local Go ...

* Erastus Uutoni * Billy Mwaningange *

Marco Hausiku Marco Mukoso Hausiku (25 November 1953 – 26 August 2021) was a Namibian politician who was Deputy-Prime Minister of Namibia from 2010 to 2015. Previously, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2010. In 2017 he was elected as ...

* Lucia Witbooi * Angelika Muharukua * Chief Samuel Ankama * Uahekua Herunga *

Rosalia Nghidinwa Rosalia Annette Nghidinwa (26 October 1952 – 14 January 2018) was a Namibian politician.Profile
, Namibia ...

* Willem Isaack * Nickey Iyambo * Sylvia Makgone * David Namwandi * Piet van der Walt * Lempy Lucas * Isak Katali * Tommy Nambahu * Elifas Dingara * Festus Ueitele * Juliet Kavetuna * Moses Amweelo * Evelyn ǃNawases-Taeyele * Alexia Manombe-Ncube *

Ben Amathila Ben Amathila (born 1 October 1938 in Walvis Bay) is a retired Namibian politician. Amathila served in the government of Namibia with SWAPO from independence in 1990 until his retirement in April 2007. From 1990 to 1993 he served as Minister of ...

* ( Auguste Xoagus, died in December 2009 before being sworn in) **

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Ndemupelila Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (born 29October 1952), nicknamed NNN, is a Namibian politician who is the fifth and current president of Namibia since 21 March 2025. She is the country's first female president. Previously, she served as the th ...

(entered Parliament as #55 on the SWAPO party list after the death of Xoagus)

Rally for Democracy and Progress

Hidipo Hamutenya Hidipo Livius Hamutenya (17 June 1939 – 6 October 2016) was a Namibian politician. He died aged 77 after a short illness. A long-time leading member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), Hamutenya was a member of the Cabinet ...

* Steve Bezuidenhout * Jesaya Nyamu * Agnes Limbo * Anton von Wietersheim *

Kandy Nehova Kandy Nehova (born 26 September 1946) is a Namibian politician. A member of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), Nehova was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia following the 2009 election. In September 2010, Nehova and eight other ...

* Peter Naholo * Heiko Lucks

Democratic Turnhalle Alliance

* Katuutire Kaura * Phillemon Moongo

National Unity Democratic Organisation The National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) is a political party in Namibia. It has been represented in the National Assembly of Namibia and in the National Council of Namibia since it split from the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (now PDM ...

* Kuaima Riruako * Arnold Tjihuiko

United Democratic Front

* Justus ǁGaroëb * Simson Tjongarero

All People's Party

* Ignatius Shixwameni

Republican Party

In September 2010, Mudge and the Republican Party began the process of merging with the Rally for Democracy and Progress.Republican Party disbands
The Namibian, 4 October 2010 * Henk Mudge (resigned in 2011) ** Clara Gowases; (replaced Mudge in 2011)

Congress of Democrats The Congress of Democrats (CoD) is a Namibian opposition party without representation in the National Assembly and was led by Ben Ulenga from 2004 to 2015. It was established in 1999, prior to that year's general elections, and started off w ...

* Ben Ulenga

South West Africa National Union The South West Africa National Union (SWANU) is a Namibian political party founded in 1959. Most of its members came from the Herero people, while fellow independence movement SWAPO was mostly an Ovambo party. Structure and leadership SWANU ...

Usutuaije Maamberua Usutuaije Maamberua (born 5 August 1957) is a Namibian politician. He was the president of the South West Africa National Union (SWANU) from 2007 until 2017. Maamberua has served in the National Assembly of Namibia since 2010. Early life and edu ...

Appointed members

The following people were non-voting members of the 5th National Assembly, appointed by president

Hifikepunye Pohamba Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born 18 August 1935) is a Namibian politician who served as the second president of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March 2015. He won the 2004 Namibian presidential election, 2004 presidential election overwhelming ...

: * Sophia Swartz * Maureen Jankowski * Agnes Tjongarero * Stanley Simataa * Calle Schlettwein * Peter Katjavivi

References

{{S-end 05 2010 establishments in Namibia 2015 disestablishments in Namibia