The Honourable
Tjekero Tweya
MP
Minister of Industrialization, Trade and SME Development
In office
2018–2020
PresidentHage Geingob
Preceded byImmanuel Ngatjizeko
Succeeded byLucia Iipumbu
Minister of Information and Communication Technology
In office
2015–2018
PresidentHage Geingob
Preceded byJoel Kaapanda
Succeeded byStanley Simataa
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry
In office
2010–2015
PresidentHifikepunye Pohamba
Deputy Minister of Finance
In office
2005–2010
PresidentHifikepunye Pohamba
Personal details
Born (1960-06-18) 18 June 1960
Shamundambo, South West Africa (now Namibia)
NationalityNamibian
Political partySWAPO
Alma materUniversity of Namibia
Management College of Southern Africa

Tjekero Tweya (born 18 June 1960 in Shamundambo, Okavango Region), is a Namibian politician and trade unionist. Tweya is a member of parliament for SWAPO. He served in the Cabinet of Namibia as Minister of Industrialization, Trade and SME Development and as Minister of Information and Communication Technology.

Early life and education

Tweya obtained a Higher Education teaching diploma in 1988 and worked as teacher and principal between 1989 and 1992. He then moved to Windhoek and worked for the Ministry of Education until 1996. In 1997 he became human resources manager, first at TransNamib and then at Telecom Namibia.[1]

Tweya completed a BEd (Honours) from the University of Namibia in 1993 and an MBA from the Management College of Southern Africa in 2012. He also holds certificates from the universities of Manchester and Harvard.[1]

Political career

Tweya joined SWAPO in 1975. In 1985, Tweya helped to found, and was chairperson of, the Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO). He was the first chairman of the Namibia National Teachers Union (NANTU) between 1989 and 1991, and president of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), which is one of the national trade union centers of Namibia, between 1991 and 1993.[1][2]

Tweya was appointed deputy Minister of Finance in 2005. In 2010 he was moved to deputise the Minister of Trade and Industry,[3] and in 2015 he was promoted to Minister of Information and Communication Technology. In a cabinet reshuffle in February 2018 he became Minister of Industrialization, Trade and SME Development.[4] He served until March 2020.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tweya, Tjekero". Parliament of Namibia. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Tjekero Tweya at Namibia Institute for Democracy
  3. ↑ "Namibia's new cabinet" Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine, The Namibian, 22 March 2010.
  4. ↑ Matthys, Donald (8 February 2018). "President reshuffles Cabinet—Vice President relieved of duties". Namibia Economist.
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