Bernadus Clinton Swartbooi (born 11 October 1977 in Tses, ?Karas Region) is a Namibian politician who was Governor of the ?Karas Region before being appointed as Namibia's deputy minister of land reform in 2015 by President Hage Geingob, a position he subsequently was forced to resign from in January 2017.
On 27 July 2017, Swartbooi was removed from Parliament and resigned from SWAPO after which he went on to form the Landless People's Movement (Namibia).
Swartbooi attended his secondary school at Suiderlig Senior Secondary School in Keetmanshoop.
While at the University of Namibia he served as the Secretary General for Namibia National Students Organisation and progressed to be the President of the organisation.
He worked as a prosecutor in Tsumeb and Khorixas respectively.
He also served as special assistant at the office of the Prime Minister.
Swartbooi holds a Basic Education Teaching Diploma from Windhoek College of Education (now University of Namibia Khomasdal Campus) and B juris as well as Bachelor of Laws from the University of Namibia in 2001.