The Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services was established at Namibian independence in 1990. The first Namibian health and social services minister was Nickey Iyambo. The minister is Kalumbi Shangula, former chief of medical services at the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN).[1]
All health and social services ministers in chronological order are:
| Picture | Name | Party | Term start | Term end | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Health and Social Services | |||||||
| 1 | 1936–2019 | 1990 | 1996 | ||||
| 2 | 1940– | SWAPO | 1996 | 2005 | |||
| 3 | 1950– | SWAPO | 2005 | 2015 | |||
| 4 | 1946– | SWAPO | 2015 | 2018 | |||
| 5 | 1948– | SWAPO | 2018 | ||||