The Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) was established at Namibian independence in 1990.[1] The first Namibian minister of mines and energy was Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, a liberation fighter posthumously declared a national hero of Namibia.[2] The mines and energy minister is Tom Alweendo.[3]
All mines and energy ministers in chronological order are:[1]
Picture | Name | Party | Term start | Term end | |||
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Minister of Mines and Energy | |||||||
1 | 1924–2017 | 1990 | 1999 | ||||
2 | 1942– | SWAPO | 1999 | 2002 | |||
3 | 1936–2019 | SWAPO | 2002 | 2005 | |||
4 | 1948– | SWAPO | 2005 | 2010 | |||
5 | 1958– | SWAPO | 2010 | 2015 | |||
6 | 1966– | SWAPO | 2015 | 2018 | |||
7 | 1958– | SWAPO | 2018 |