The Ministry of Higher Education is a department of the Namibian government. It was established in 1995 under the name Ministry of Higher Education and Vocational Education as a split-off from the Ministry of Education (MOE) and existed in this form until 2005 when its portfolio fell back to the MOE. In 2015 it was reestablished as Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Innovation (MHETI).
The first Namibian higher education minister was Nahas Angula,[1] the minister is Itah Kandji-Murangi.[2]
All higher education ministers in chronological order are:
| Picture | Name | Party | Term start | Term end | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Higher Education and Vocational Education | |||||||
| 1 | 1943– | 1995 | 2005 | ||||
| Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation | |||||||
| 2 | 1957– | 2015 | |||||