Ministry of Youth and Sport (Namibia)

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The Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service (MSYNS) was a department of the Namibian government. It was established as Ministry of Youth and Sport in 1991 when sport was split off from the Ministry of Education. The first minister of education, culture and sport was Nahas Angula, serving from independence in 1990. [1] The first minister of youth and sport was Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana.

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MSYNS appointed, directed, and took advice from, the Namibia Sports Commission. [2]

The ministry was dissolved in 2000; The youth portfolio was discontinued, and sports was added to the Ministry of Basic Education. [3] In 2005 it was reestablished as Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture. Culture was again given back to the Ministry of Education in 2015, and the youth and sport ministry got its latest name. The ministry was again disestablished in 2025. The portfolio of national service was discontinued—Namibia never had a national service. Youth and sport were given to the education ministry. [4] The current Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture is Sanet Steenkamp.

Ministers

All youth and sport ministers in chronological order are:

#PictureName(Birth–Death)PartyTerm startTerm end
Minister of Education, Culture and Sport
1 Nahas Angula.jpg Nahas Angula 1943– SWAPO 19901991
Minister of Youth and Sport
2 Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana 1952– SWAPO 19911996
3 Richard Kabajani 1943–2007 SWAPO 19962000
Minister of Basic Education, Culture and Sport
4 John Mutorwa 1957– SWAPO 20002005
Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture
John Mutorwa1957– SWAPO 20052008
5 Willem Konjore 1945–2021 SWAPO 20082010
6 Kazenambo Kazenambo 1963–2021 SWAPO 20102012
7 Jerry Ekandjo 1947– SWAPO 20122015
Minister of Sport, Youth and National Service
Jerry Ekandjo1947– SWAPO 20152018
8 Erastus Uutoni 1961– SWAPO 20182020
9 Agnes Tjongarero 1946– SWAPO 20202025
Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture
10 Sanet Steenkamp 1972– SWAPO 2025
This list is complete and up to date as of July 2025.

References

  1. ↑ Dierks, Klaus. "Chronology of Namibian History, 1989". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Promulgation of Namibia Sports Act, 2003 (Act No. 12 of 2003), of the Parliament" (PDF). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 3050. Government of Namibia. 27 August 2003.
  3. ↑ Dierks, Klaus. "Chronology of Namibian History, 2000". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  4. ↑ Shikololo, Aletta (24 March 2025). "NNN ushers Namibia into new era". New Era .
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