Calle Schlettwein
Quick Facts
Biography
Carl-Hermann Gustav "Calle" Schlettwein (born 13 June 1954) is a Namibian politician who has served as the country's Minister of Finance since 2015 and previously served as Minister of Trade and Industry from 2012 to 2015.
Career
Beginning at Namibian Independence in 1990, Schlettwein served as permanent secretary in various ministries. After seven years of deployment in the Ministry of Finance, President Hifikepunye Pohamba appointed Schlettwein to the National Assembly as one of the six non-voting Members of Parliament appointed by the President for the term that began in March 2010; he was then appointed as Deputy Minister of Finance in 2010. In a Cabinet reshuffle following the 2012 SWAPO congress, Schlettwein was promoted to Minister of Trade and Industry on 4 December 2012. In this position, he became the first white senior cabinet member since the early post-independence years.
Under President Hage Geingob, Schlettwein was moved to the post of Minister of Finance in March 2015.
Other activities
- African Development Bank (AfDB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2015)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2015)
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2015)
- World Bank, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2015)
Recognition
On Heroes' Day 2014 Schlettwein was conferred the Most Excellent Order of the Eagle, Second Class.