Ministry of Home Affairs (Namibia) explained

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.^[1] 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 minister is Albert Kawana.^[2]

Beside its functions as interior ministry, MHAISS also oversees the Namibian police and the prisons.^[3]

Ministers

All home affairs ministers in chronological order are:

	Name		Party	Term start	Term end
Minister of Home Affairs
1		1935–		1990	1995
2		1947–	SWAPO	1995	2005
3		1952–2018	SWAPO	2005	2012
4		1952–	SWAPO	2012	2018
5		1953–	SWAPO	2018	2020
Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security
	Frans Kapofi	1953–	SWAPO	2020	2021
6		1956–	SWAPO	2021

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