Richard Nchabi Kamwi
Minister of Health and Social Services
In office
March 2005  21 March 2015
PresidentHifikepunye Pohamba
Preceded byLibertina Amathila
Succeeded byBernard Haufiku
Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services
In office
March 2000  21 March 2005
PresidentSam Nujoma
Personal details
Born (1950-03-10) 10 March 1950
Ioma, Zambezi Region
NationalityNamibian
Political party SWAPO
OccupationMedical physician, politician

Richard Nchabi Kamwi (born 3 June 1950 in Ioma, Zambezi Region) is a Namibian medical physician and politician.[1] A member of the National Assembly with the South West Africa People's Organization since 1999, Kamwi was the Minister of Health and Social Services from March 2005 to 2015.[2]

After graduating from the Technikon Mmadikoti in Pietersburg, South Africa in 1980, Kamwi became the first black health inspector in Katima Mulilo. After being relieved of his position in 1984, and subsequently arrested for political subversion in 1985, Kamwi went into exile in Botswana. He served in the People's Liberation Army of Namibia until repatriation in 1989.

Kamwi resumed his position of health inspector until joining the National Assembly in 1999. In 2000, President Sam Nujoma appointed him to the post of deputy Minister of Health and Social Services under Libertine Amathila. Upon the promotion of minister Amathila to the post of deputy Prime Minister along with the election of president Hifikepunye Pohamba, Kamwi was promoted to minister. He served until 2015, and then took up farming on farm Rimini in the Otavi-Tsumeb-Grootfontein triangle.[3]

References

  1. Hopwood, Graham. Guide to Namibian Politics, 2007 edition. Namibia Institute for Democracy, Windhoek, 2007
  2. "Kamwi, Richard". Government of Namibia. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  3. Inambao, Chrispin (14 July 2020). "Ex-health minister thrives in farming". New Era.


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