Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah looks set to become Namibia's first female president. Interim president Nangolo Mbumba appointed her as vice president on 5 February following the sudden death of President Hage Geingob, one of her mentors who in 2015 appointed her the country's first female deputy prime minister.

But it was her re-election in November 2022 as vice president of the ruling SWAPO (South West Africa People's Organization) that paved the way for her to be endorsed six months later by the party's