Ministry of Safety and Security (Namibia)

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The Ministry of Safety and Security was a department of the Namibian government, responsible for overseeing the operations of the Namibian police and the correctional services.[1]

History

At independence of Namibia there was no dedicated ministry for the security portfolio but a Minister of State, a position occupied by Peter Tsheehama,[2] the head of the Namibia Central Intelligence Service, until 2005. In 1995 the Ministry of Prisons and Correctional Services was established.[1] Its minister was Marco Hausiku.[3]

The ministry was renamed Ministry of Safety and Security in 2005,[4] and existed until 2020 when its portfolio was added to the interior ministry, forming the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security (MHAISS). The current minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security is Albert Kawana.[5]

Ministers

All security ministers in chronological order are:

# Picture Name (Birth–Death) Party Term start Term end
Minister of State for Security
01 Peter Tsheehama 1941–2010 SWAPO 1990 2005
Minister of Prisons and Correctional Services
02 Marco Hausiku 1953–2021 SWAPO 1995 2002
03 Andimba Toivo ya Toivo 1924–2017 SWAPO 2002 2005
Minister of Safety and Security
0 Peter Tsheehama 1941–2000 SWAPO 2005 2008
04 Nickey Iyambo 1936–2019 SWAPO 2008 2010
05 Nangolo Mbumba 1941– SWAPO 2010 2012
06 Immanuel Ngatjizeko 1952–2022 SWAPO 2012 2015
07 Charles Namoloh 1950– SWAPO 2015 2020
Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security
08 Albert Kawana 1956– SWAPO 2020
This list is complete and up to date as of April 2022.

References

  1. ^ a b "Welcome to Namibian Correctional Service". Official Newsletter. Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security. April 2021. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  2. ^ Dierks, Klaus. "Chronology of Namibian History, 1989". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  3. ^ Dierks, Klaus. "Chronology of Namibian History, 1995". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Who's Who in Namibian Politics, Tsheehama, Angura Peter Tshirumbu". Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID). Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  5. ^ Tjitemisa, Kuzeeko (22 April 2020). "Geingob shuffles his pack … Kapofi gets defence, Klazen promoted". New Era. p. 1.


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