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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

President of Namibia, 2025 to present

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A veteran of the SWAPO liberation movement and Namibia’s first woman president, who has promised social spending and a green hydrogen industry.

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning religious on religion, leaning traditional on culture and leaning tech-optimist on technology. The profile is close to the middle on war and peace.

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Where Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…98%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…97%CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.97%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.96%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Prime Minister's Office, GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.