Attorney General of Namibia

Attorney General of Namibia
Attorney General of Namibia
	Coat of arms of Namibia
	Incumbent; Festus Mbandeka; since 21 March 2020
	Ministry of Justice
Style	The Honorable
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	The President
Seat	Windhoek, Namibia
Appointer	The President
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Namibia
Formation	1990; 32 years ago
First holder	[de]
Deputy

The Attorney General of Namibia is the chief legal adviser of the President and government of Namibia. They are responsible for upholding and protecting the Namibian constitution. Unlike many other attorneys general, the Namibian Attorney General holds no prosecutorial power, which is instead the responsibility of the .

History[]

List of attorneys general[]

Attorneys general of South West Africa[]

Lucas Cornelius Steyn (1931-1933)
(1939-1941) acting (United Party)^[1]

Attorneys general of Namibia[]

SWAPO

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	President
1	[de]	1990	1995	Sam Nujoma
2	Vekuii Rukoro	1995	March 2000
3	Ngarikutuke Tjiriange	March 2000	26 January 2001
4	Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana	26 January 2001	2008
4	Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana	26 January 2001	2008	Hifikepunye Pohamba
5	Albert Kawana	2008	21 March 2015	Hifikepunye Pohamba
6	Sacky Shanghala	21 March 2015	8 February 2018	Hage Geingob
7	Albert Kawana	8 February 2018	21 March 2020	Hage Geingob
8	Festus Mbandeka	21 March 2020	incumbent	Hage Geingob

Living former attorneys general[]

Name	Term of office	Birth date and age
[de]	1990–1995	(1945-05-04) 4 May 1945 (age 76)
Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana	2001–2008	(1954-10-11) 11 October 1954 (age 67)
Albert Kawana	2008–2015	(1956-03-26) 26 March 1956 (age 65)
Sacky Shanghala	2015–2018	(1977-06-13) 13 June 1977 (age 44)

References[]

^ le Roux, Annette (April 1993). "UNITED PARTY ARCHIVES: J P NIEHAUS PAPERS" (PDF).

[1] Roux, Annette (April 1993). "UNITED PARTY ARCHIVES: J P NIEHAUS PAPERS" (PDF).

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