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It has a dual system of public (serving 83% of the population) and private (17%) health care providers. [3] In the financial year 2020, Government and private health expenditure combined accounted for 8.9% of the country's Gross Domestic Product, [4] compared to the world average of the 10% of GDP in 2018. [5]
Established in 1990, the Ministry of Justice of Namibia provides court representation to ministries, offices, agencies, the master of the High Court, the speaker of the National Assembly, the prosecutor-general, magistrates, the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund, regional councils, recognized traditional authorities, and entities associated with the government administration. [1]
The Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services was established at Namibian independence in 1990. The first Namibian health and social services minister was Nickey Iyambo . The current [update] minister is Kalumbi Shangula , former chief of medical services at the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN).
The chief justice of Namibia, sometimes also referred to as the judge president, is the head of the Supreme Court of Namibia, the highest appellate court in Namibia. It is the highest post in the Namibian judicial system, presiding over the operation of the supreme court. The position was created on 21 March 1990, the day of Namibian ...
President of Namibia Hage Geingob dies at the age of 82. [1] Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba is sworn in as the fourth President of Namibia. [2] 16 April: Eleven inmates escape from a prison in Katima Mulilo, Zambezi Region. [3] 21 June: The High Court of Namibia rules that two colonial-era laws criminalizing gay sex are unconstitutional. [4]
He is the fourth Namibian Chief Justice, succeeding Johan Strydom who retired in 2003. He is also the chairman of the Judicial Service Commission of Namibia and the Board of Legal Education. [2] In 2002, he chaired the Third Delimitation Commission of Namibia, a body that infrequently decides on the administrative division of the country. [3]
Esther Utjiua Muinjangue (born 17 August 1962) is a Namibian politician and the president of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO), a party that occupies two seats in the National Assembly of Namibia and one seat in the National Council of Namibia.
The government of Namibia consists of the executive, the legislative and the judiciary branches. The Cabinet is the executive organ of government, implementing the laws of the country. It consists of the president, the prime minister and his deputy, as well as the ministers of the Cabinet of Namibia .