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Below is a list of members of the 8th National Assembly of Namibia. They were selected by their parties based on the results of the 2024 Namibian general election. This National Assembly will be inaugurated on 20 March 2025. Like each of the previous National Assemblies, it is led by the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO). The 8th ...
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is an agency of the government of Namibia. [1] It was founded in 1992 under the Electoral Act 24 of 1992. The aim of the commission is to oversee all Namibian electoral activities starting from voter registration and political party registration, to the setting and monitoring of elections, counting of ballots and making results available.
General elections were held in Namibia to elect a new president and members of the National Assembly. [1] [2] [3] Initially scheduled on 27 November 2024, these were later extended in some areas to 30 November due to poor planning. Opposition parties decried the move, boycotting the declaration of results and pledging to challenge the results ...
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. The 5th National Assembly consisted of 78 members: 72 elected from the party lists, and 6 without voting rights, appointed by the president.
Elections in Namibia determine who holds public political offices in the country.Namibia is a semi-presidential representative democratic republic. It runs direct elections every five years for the position of the president and seats in the National Assembly, and every six years for the Regional Councils and the distribution of seats in local authorities.
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 closed list proportional representation and serve five-year terms. [ 2 ]
The Parliament of Namibia is the national legislature of Namibia. It is a bicameral legislature and, thus, consists of two houses: [1] [2] the National Council (upper house) and the National Assembly (lower house). All cabinet members are also members of the lower house.
Union Membership Established [2] [5] Metal and Allied Namibia Workers Union (MANWU) 8,000: 1987 Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) 8,000: 1986 Namibia Financial Institutions Union (NAFINU) 4,500: Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (NAFAU) 12,000: 1986 Namibia National Teachers Union (NANTU) 16,000: 1989 Namibia Public Workers Union (NAPWU ...