Editing Politics of Namibia (section)

===Executive branch===
{{main|Government of Namibia}}
The government is headed by the [[Prime Minister of Namibia|prime minister]], who, together with his or her [[Cabinet of Namibia|cabinet]], is appointed by the president. SWAPO, the primary force behind independence, is still the country's largest party. [[Hage Geingob]] was Namibia's first prime minister. He was appointed on 21 March 1990 and served until 28 August 2002. [[Theo-Ben Gurirab]] was prime minister from 28 August 2002 to 21 March 2005, and [[Nahas Angula]] occupied this position from 21 March 2005 to 4 December 2012. He was succeeded by Hage Geingob, who in turn was succeeded as prime minister by [[Saara Kuugongelwa]] when he became president of Namibia on 21 March 2015.