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. The legislative organs of government are the National Council and the

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 repr ...

. They make the laws of the country. The judiciary organs of government are the courts. The highest court of Namibia is the

Supreme Court In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

. There are also the high courts and lower courts. The Namibian government is partly centralised and partly regional. In the executive branch, central government consists of ministries, offices and agencies, whereas regional government consists of regional councils, and constituencies within these. The legislation is centralised in the

lower house A lower house is the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature, where the other chamber is the upper house. Although styled as "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has come to wield more power or otherwise e ...

(National Assembly), and regional in the

upper house An upper house is one of two Legislative chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted p ...

(National Council). The judiciary is centralised in the Supreme Court, whereas high courts and lower courts are distributed all over the country.

Executive branch of government

The central executive branch of government consists of offices, ministries, and agencies. The offices of central government are: # Office of the President (OP) #* Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare (MGEPESW) # Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) # Office of the Judiciary (OJ) there are 19 stand-alone ministries in Namibia. The Ministry of Gender Equality retained its minister in the 2020 downsizing of cabinet but falls under the Office of the President above. # Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR) # Ministry of Defence (MoD) # Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture (MoE) #*

National Library A national library is a library established by a government as a country's preeminent repository of information. Unlike public library, public libraries, these rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Often, they include numerous rare, valuable, ...

and Archives service (NLAS) # Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) # Ministry of Finance (MoF) # Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) # Ministry of Health and Social Services (MHSS) # Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Innovation (MHETI) #* Namibia Student Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) # Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security (MHAISS) #* Namibian Police Force #* Namibian Correctional Services # Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade (MIT) # Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation (MIRCo) # Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) # Ministry of Justice (MoJ) # Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation (MOL) # Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) # Ministry of Public Enterprises (MPE) # Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service (MSYNS) #* Namibia Sports Commission # Ministry of Works and Transport (MoW) #* Namibia Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) #* Directorate of Aircraft Accident Investigations (DAAI) # Ministry of Urban and Rural Development (MURD) The agencies of the central government are: * Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) *

Electoral Commission An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...

(EC) * Central Intelligence Service (NCIS) * National Planning Commission (NPC) ** Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) * Office of the

Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general (: attorneys general) or attorney-general (AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have executive responsibility for law enf ...

(OAG) * Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) * Office of the Ombudsman * Public Service Commission of Namibia (PSC)

Government organisations and state-owned enterprises

The Namibian state runs and owns a number of companies such as Transnamib and NamPost, most of which need frequent financial assistance to stay afloat. There is a number of agencies and authorities established by acts of Parliament that can be considered government organisations: * Council of Traditional Leaders * Development Bank of Namibia * Law Reform and Development Commission (LRDC) commission responsible for research recommended law changes to the Ministry of Justice. * Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA). This institution evaluates and accredits national institutions and degrees, as well as foreign qualifications of people who wish to demonstrate the national equivalence of their degrees earned abroad. * Namibia Tourism Board (NTB), the regulatory and marketing body for tourism activities in

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

, and is headquartered in

Windhoek Windhoek (; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek, which ...

, Namibia.

Traditional leadership

Alongside ordinary governance, Namibia also has a parallel system of traditional leadership. Only people of tribes recognised by the state, living in their traditional areas, are subject to this type of government which covers land allocation, traditional marriage, and

lower court A lower court or inferior court is a court from which an appeal may be taken, usually referring to courts other than supreme court. In relation to an appeal from one court to another, the lower court is the court whose decision is being revie ...

s. There are 51 recognised traditional authorities and a further 40 pending applications.

References

External links

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