Piet van der Walt

Piet Jacobus van der Walt (born 14 January 1966 in Okahandja) is a Namibian businessperson and politician who has been the Deputy Minister of National Planning since 2018.

In 1999 he started Van der Walt Motors, a service station with surrounding shops near Windhoek's city centre.

[2] A White Afrikaner Namibian, van der Walt began associating with SWAPO in a business capacity following independence in 1990.

[2] He retained his parliamentary seat in the 2014 general elections and was subsequently appointed Deputy Minister for Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development.

[1] After a Cabinet reshuffle in February 2018 he swapped positions with Lucia Iipumbu and is since then Deputy Minister of National Planning.