Editing History of Namibia (section)

=== After Sam Nujoma (2005-present) ===

In March 2005, Namibia's founding president Sam Nujoma stepped down after 15 years in power. He was succeeded by [[Hifikepunye Pohamba]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Namibia's founding president retires|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/namibia-s-founding-president-retires-1.425295|access-date=2021-06-02|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405070009/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/namibia-s-founding-president-retires-1.425295|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2014, Prime Minister [[Hage Geingob]], the candidate of ruling SWAPO, won the presidential elections, taking 87% of the vote. His predecessor, President Hifikepunye Pohamba, also of Swapo, had served the maximum two terms allowed by the constitution.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2014-12-01|title=Namibian presidential election won by Swapo's Hage Geingob|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30285987|access-date=2021-06-02|archive-date=21 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421133700/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30285987|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2019, President Hage Geingob was re-elected for a second term, taking 56.3% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-12-01|title=Namibia's President Hage Geingob wins re-election|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50618516|access-date=2021-06-02|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226081154/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50618516|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 4 February 2024, President Hage Geingob died and he was immediately succeeded by vice-president [[Nangolo Mbumba]] as new President of Namibia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hage Geingob death: Namibia's new President Mbumba sworn-in hours after predecessor dies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68196412 |date=4 February 2024}}</ref>

On 21 March 2025, [[Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah]] was sworn in as Namibia's first female president. She had won November's [[2024 Namibian general election|election]] with a 58% share of the vote as the candidate of the ruling South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo).<ref>{{cite news |title=Namibia swears in first female president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly8ln5g12wo |work=www.bbc.com |date=21 March 2025}}</ref>