Isak_Katali

Isak Katali

Isak Katali

Namibian politician

Henry Isak Amalovu Katali (born 5 January 1958 in Eunda, Omusati Region) is a Namibian politician.[1]

Quick Facts The Honourable, Minister of Mines and Energy ...

From 1988 to 1990, Katali studied for a bachelor's degree with honours at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. From 2001, Katali completed a master's degree from the University of the Western Cape outside of Cape Town in South Africa.[2]

A member of SWAPO, Katali worked as an educator, both as a teacher and in administration around Ondangwa from 1987 to 2000. From 1990 to 1995, Katali worked as the regional secretary for the Namibia National Teachers Union (NANTU).[2]

In 2000, he was selected by president Sam Nujoma as one of six appointed but non-voting member to the National Assembly of Namibia and immediately became deputy Minister of Lands and Resettlement. He was elected on the SWAPO party list in 2004 and subsequently re-appointed to the cabinet of Hifikepunye Pohamba.[2] In 2008 he was moved to deputise the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, and in 2010 he was promoted to Minister of Mines and Energy.[1] He served in that position until 2015.

References

  1. [1]
    "Katali Henry Isak Amalovu". Parliament of Namibia. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  2. [2]
    Isak Katali Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine at the Namibia Institute for Democracy


Stub icon

This article about a Namibian politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Isak_Katali, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.