Natalia ǀGoagoses

Natalia ǀGoagoses is a Namibian politician and the Governor of Erongo Region. She has been a member of the National Assembly for SWAPO since 2020. In April 2021 ǀGoagoses was appointed deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development, and in September 2023 she was moved to the Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation, again as deputy minister.

Biography

ǀGoagoses was born in Outjo on 21 January 1962. She holds a Bachelor of Education and a Master of Education. She has worked as a teacher, education inspector, education director and, from 2013, head of the Erongo Regional Council. In January 2020, she was appointed Deputy Chair of the Council for National Heritage.
In March 2020, President Hage Geingob appointed ǀGoagoses as a non-voting member of the National Assembly. On 21 April 2021, she was appointed deputy minister in the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development when her predecessor Derek Klazen moved to the Fisheries Ministry as minister. On 12 September 2023, in a cabinet reshuffle, ǀGoagoses was appointed Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation.
The Minister of Higher Education was dissolved when president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah took office in March 2025. On 1 July 2025, ǀGoagoses was appointed Governor of Erongo Region.