Ministry of Veteran Affairs (Namibia) explained

The Ministry of Veteran Affairs was a department of the Namibian government, responsible for the social and economic support of veterans of the Namibian war of independence, and for the custody of Namibian independence war history. It was established in 2006.^[1] The first veteran affairs minister was Ngarikutuke Tjiriange, until then minister without portfolio.^[2]

The ministry was disbanded in 2015; The portfolio of veteran affairs fell to the office of the vice-president. In 2020 veteran affairs were added to the Ministry of Defence which was renamed Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MODVA). The defence and veteran affairs minister is Frans Kapofi.^[3]

Ministers

All veteran affairs ministers in chronological order are:

	Picture	Name		Party	Term start	Term end
Minister of Veteran Affairs
1			1943–2021		2006	2010
2			1936–2019	SWAPO	2010	2015
Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs
3			1962–	SWAPO	2020	2021
4			1953–	SWAPO	2021

See also

• History of Namibia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Veterans Affairs in the Office of the Vice President / Background . . 16 May 2022.
2. Brigitte Weidlich, War vets get own Ministry", The Namibian, October 5, 2006.
3. News: Geingob shuffles his pack … Kapofi gets defence, Klazen promoted . Tjitemisa . Kuzeeko . . 22 April 2021 . 1 .