Ministry of Education (Namibia)

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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. The current education minister is Sanet Steenkamp.

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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 This step was revoked in 2005, when the ministry was again renamed to Ministry of Education, and reinstated in 2015, when there again was a separate Ministry of Higher Education,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.

In 2025 the ministry experienced its so far latest change when the Ministries of Sport, Youth and National Service and Higher Education, Training and Innovation were both dissolved, and the education ministry took over all their portfolios except national service and training, which were discontinued. [1] The ministry is now named Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC).

Prime Ministers

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

#PictureName(Birth–Death)PartyTerm startTerm end
Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
1 Nahas Angula.jpg Nahas Angula 1943– SWAPO 19901991
Minister of Basic Education and Culture
Nahas Angula.jpg Nahas Angula1943– SWAPO 19921995
Minister of Basic Education, Culture and Sport
2 John Mutorwa 1957– SWAPO 19952005
Minister of Education
3 Nangolo Mbumba (cropped).jpg Nangolo Mbumba 1941– SWAPO 20052010
4 Abraham Iyambo 1961–2013 SWAPO 20102013
5 David Namwandi 1954– SWAPO 20132015
Minister of Education, Arts and Culture
6 Katrina Hanse-Himarwa 1967– SWAPO 20152019
Martin Andjaba (acting)1957– SWAPO 20192020
7 Anna Nghipondoka [2] 1957– SWAPO 20202025
Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture
8 Sanet Steenkamp [3] 1972– SWAPO 2025
This list is complete and up to date as of July 2025.

References

  1. ↑ Shikololo, Aletta (24 March 2025). "NNN ushers Namibia into new era". New Era .
  2. ↑ Terblanché, Niël (2020-03-22). "Central bank Governor appointed finance minister". Informanté. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  3. ↑ Terblanché, Niël (March 2025). "President Nandi-Ndaitwah Reshuffles Cabinet and Restructures National Executive". Windhoek Observer .
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