Ministry of Education (Namibia)

The Ministry of Education (MOE) is a department of the Namibian government. Established at Namibian independence in 1990, the first Namibian education minister was Nahas Angula. Between 1995 and 2005, and since 2015, its responsibility is only primary and secondary education, while vocational and university education fall under the Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Innovation. The current^[update] education minister is Anna Nghipondoka.^[1]

Additional portfolios

In 1990 the ministry was established as Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport. In 1991 the portfolios of youth and sport were split off, and a separate Ministry of Youth and Sport was created.

In 1995 the ministry was renamed Ministry of Basic Education and Culture. The responsibility for tertiary education was given to a new ministry, the Ministry of Higher Education and Vocational Education. This step was revoked in 2005, when the ministry was again renamed to Ministry of Education, and reinstated in 2015, when there again was a separate Ministry of Higher Education, and this ministry was named Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture.

Prime Ministers

All education ministers (excluding ministers of higher education) in chronological order are:

#	Picture	Name	(Birth–Death)	Party	Term start	Term end
Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
01		Nahas Angula	1943–	SWAPO	1990	1991
Minister of Basic Education and Culture
0		Nahas Angula	1943–	SWAPO	1992	1995
Minister of Basic Education, Culture and Sport
02		John Mutorwa	1957–	SWAPO	1995	2005
Minister of Education
03		Nangolo Mbumba	1941–	SWAPO	2005	2010
04		Abraham Iyambo	1961–2013	SWAPO	2010	2013
05		David Namwandi	1954–	SWAPO	2013	2015
Minister of Education, Arts and Culture
06		Katrina Hanse-Himarwa	1967–	SWAPO	2015	2019
0		Martin Andjaba (acting)	1957–	SWAPO	2019	2020
07		Anna Nghipondoka	1957–	SWAPO	2020

This list is complete and up to date as of March 2022.

References

1. Terblanché, Niël (2020-03-22). "Central bank Governor appointed finance minister". Informanté. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-26.

External links

• Official website Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture