Godfrey Gaoseb

During 1981, Goaseb returned to Africa and started work at the United Nations Institute for Namibia in Lusaka, Zambia, as a financial officer. He joined SWAPO in 1982.^[1]

Gaoseb returned to Namibia in 1989 during the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 435. He became the first permanent secretary in the Ministry of Finance after Namibia's independence in 1990.^{[7][8][9][10]} Gaoseb served in that position until 1996 when he left Namibia to represent his country as alternate and later,^[11] executive director at the World Bank.^[12]

He returned to Namibia in 2000. In 2001, President Sam Nujoma named him to be his Special Advisor on Economics.^[13][14] Gaoseb also served as an economic advisor to President Hifikepunye Pohamba who succeeded Nujoma as president of Namibia in 2005. Gaoseb retired from the public service in 2012. During his tenure in the public service, Gaoseb was instrumental in the establishment of a multitude of state-owned enterprises such as the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF), Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa), and the National Special Risks Insurance Association (NASRIA), among others.^[1]

Gaoseb married his wife, Charity Mulopei Mungana Gaoses, in 1983 in Lusaka, Zambia. He died on 16 March 2014, at the age of 72, after he accidentally fell from the stairs in his Windhoek home. According to his wife, he tripped on the stairs and lost consciousness. He was rushed to Katutura State Hospital, where he remained in a coma until his death two weeks later. His memorial service was held at Windhoek City Congregation Lutheran Church, and he was laid to rest on 22 March 2014, in the Pioneers Park Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, two daughters, grandchildren, sole surviving sister, and nieces.^[1]