Otto Herrigel (27 June 1937 – 13 May 2013) was a Namibian businessman, and politician.

He studied economics at University of Heidelberg, and in 1971 obtained a doctoral degree from University of Basel, his thesis was about the demographic and economic development of South West Africa since 1921.

Prominent businessman and then-Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Harold Pupkewitz commented "Dr Herrigel [is a] man of decision-making abilities and sound judgement".

[3] Herrigel resigned in 1992, reportedly due to differences with president Sam Nujoma over fiscal policy and the procurement of a presidential aircraft.

[4] Herrigel and his wife Karin raised two GDR kids as foster children - children who had been removed from their parents and brought up in the German Democratic Republic.