Calle Schlettwein


Carl-Hermann Gustav "Calle" Schlettwein is a Namibian politician who has served in the country's cabinet since 2012. In March 2020, he was appointed the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform after serving as the Minister of Finance from 2015 to 2020 and previously as the 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.
After the 2019 presidential election that returned Hage Geingob to power, Schlettwein was moved to lead the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform.

Other activities

On Heroes' Day 2014 Schlettwein was conferred the Most Excellent Order of the Eagle, Second Class.