Ministry of Home Affairs (Namibia)

Namibian government department

Politics of Namibia


Constitution Constituent Assembly
Executive President Nangolo Mbumba President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa Cabinet
Legislature National Council Chairman: Lukas Sinimbo Muha National Assembly Speaker: Peter Katjavivi
Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice: Peter Shivute
Administrative divisions Regions Constituencies
Elections Recent elections General: 2014 2019 2024 Regional: 2010 2015 2020 Political parties
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Peya Mushelenga Diplomatic missions of / in Namibia Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
v t e

The Namibian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is a department of the Namibian government. It was established at Namibian independence in 1990, the first minister was Hifikepunye Pohamba who later became Namibia's second president. In 2020, Home Affairs was merged with the Ministry of Safety and Security and renamed Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security (MHAISS). The current minister is Albert Kawana.

Beside its functions as interior ministry, MHAISS also oversees the Namibian police and the prisons.

Ministers

All home affairs ministers in chronological order are:

#	Name	(Birth–Death)	Party	Term start	Term end
Minister of Home Affairs
01	Hifikepunye Pohamba	1935–	SWAPO	1990	1995
02	Jerry Ekandjo	1947–	SWAPO	1995	2005
03	Rosalia Nghidinwa	1952–2018	SWAPO	2005	2012
04	Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana	1952–	SWAPO	2012	2018
05	Frans Kapofi	1953–	SWAPO	2018	2020
Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security
0	Frans Kapofi	1953–	SWAPO	2020	2021
06	Albert Kawana	1956–	SWAPO	2021

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

Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
Tjitemisa, Kuzeeko (22 April 2020). "Geingob shuffles his pack … Kapofi gets defence, Klazen promoted". New Era. p. 1.
"Welcome to Namibian Correctional Service". Official Newsletter. Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security. April 2021. p. 4. Retrieved 5 May 2022.