Anna Ndahambelela Shiweda (born 11 June 1958) is a member of the

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

n legislature and a deputy minister of Agriculture, Water and Land reform since 2015. She served as member of

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

from 2015 to 2020.

Education

Shiweda is a holder of a master's degree in Agricultural Production from 1984 to 1988. She is also a holder of a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering earned from 1980 to 1983 enrollment. Shiweda attended and obtain West Africa School Certificate from 1975 to 1979 in Nigeria.

Career

In the current administration of President

Hage Geingob Hage Gottfried Geingob (born 3 August 1941) is a Namibian politician, serving as the third president of Namibia since 21 March 2015. Geingob was the first Prime Minister of Namibia from 1990 to 2002, and served as prime minister again from 201 ...

, Shiweda was appointed to serve as deputy minister of Agriculture, Water and Land reform since 2015. Under the administration of President

Hifikepunye Pohamba Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born 18 August 1936) is a Namibian politician who served as the second president of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March 2015. He won the 2004 presidential election overwhelmingly as the candidate of SWAPO, and wa ...

she served for a decade as a deputy permanent secretary form 2004–2014.

Community contribution

Shiweda was part of The National Stakeholders on Namibia accession's process to the convention on the protection and use of trans-boundary watercourses and international lakes which happened on 31 March 2022 in Windhoek, Namibia. She served in a purpose of improving the water supply and usage in

. Shiweda was part of N$37m desalination plant for Bethanie project, where she strongly believed in "quality over quantity". she said that one need to invest into expensive and energy-consuming treatment processes known as membrane technology (desalination) to reduce the concentration of contaminants, that are said to be not good for human consumption.

Personal life

References

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