Maureen Magreth Hinda-Mbuende (born 9 September 1964) is a

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 legislator in the National Assembly and a politician serving as a deputy minister of Finance and Public Enterprises.

Early life and education

Hinda was born on 9 September 1964 in

Tses Tses is a village in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia with a population of approximately 1000; probably 1000 more live in the surrounding semi-desert farming hinterland. It is situated one kilometre off the main B1 highway from Windhoek ...

South West Africa South West Africa ( af, Suidwes-Afrika; german: Südwestafrika; nl, Zuidwest-Afrika) was a territory under South African administration from 1915 to 1990, after which it became modern-day Namibia. It bordered Angola (Portuguese colony before 1 ...

(today in the

ǁKaras Region The ǁKaras Region (pronounced , with a lateral click) is the southernmost and least densely populated of the 14 regions of Namibia; its capital is Keetmanshoop. The name assigned to the region reflects the prominence of the Karas mountain ra ...

of Namibia). She matriculated at Suiderlig High School in 1983 and completed her B.Com. Hons in business administration at the

University of the Western Cape The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is a public research university in Bellville, near Cape Town, South Africa. The university was established in 1959 by the South African government as a university for Coloured people only. Other un ...

in 2002. In 1990 Hinda worked as school teacher at Fredrick Awaseb School. She later served at UN Volunteers as an administration assistant for finance. From 1994 to 1996 she worked as an internal audit clerk at City Savings and Investment Bank. She had been a regional manager at Namibia Housing Enterprise (NHE) in 2002–2009. Hinda-Mbuende left NHE in 2009 to become a managing director at the South Cross HCM Center before she was appointed to be a deputy minister in 2015.

Political career

Hinda-Mbuende has been a member of 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 rep ...

since 2015. In March 2015 Hinda-Mbuende was first appointed by 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 ...

as a deputy minister of International Relations and Cooperation. In a February 2018 cabinet reshuffle she was moved to the Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration and Safety and Security, again as deputy minister. She served until March 2021. On 21 April 2021 Hinda-Mbuende was again appointed as deputy minister, this time with the Finance and Public Enterprises portfolio.

Family

Hinda-Mbuende is married to fellow politician and diplomat Kaire Mbuende. They have six children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hinda-Mbuende, Maureen 1964 births Living people University of the Western Cape alumni 21st-century Namibian women politicians 21st-century Namibian politicians Women members of the National Assembly (Namibia) SWAPO politicians People from ǁKaras Region