Ministry of Health and Social Services (Namibia)
{{Short description|Government ministry of Namibia}}
{{Politics of Namibia}}
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 {{As of|2022|alt=current}} minister is Kalumbi Shangula, former chief of medical services at the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN).{{Cite web | title= Shangula, Kalumbi | publisher = Parliament of Namibia | accessdate=29 March 2022 | url=https://www.parliament.na/dt_team/shangula-kalumbi/}}
Ministers
All health and social services ministers in chronological order are:
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! Picture ! Name ! {{small|(Birth–Death)}} ! Party ! Term start ! Term end | ||||||
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| style="background:#EEEEFF" align="center" colspan="8"| Minister of Health and Social Services | ||||||
| {{0}}1 | style="text-align:left;"| Nickey Iyambo | 1936–2019 | SWAPO | 1990 | 1996 | |
| {{0}}2 | 75px | style="text-align:left;"| Libertina Amathila | 1940– | SWAPO | 1996 | 2005 |
| {{0}}3 | 75px | style="text-align:left;"| Richard Kamwi | 1950– | SWAPO | 2005 | 2015 |
| {{0}}4 | style="text-align:left;"| Bernard Haufiku | 1946– | SWAPO | 2015 | 2018 | |
| {{0}}5 | style="text-align:left;"| Kalumbi Shangula | 1948– | SWAPO | 2018 | 2025 | |
| {{0}}6 | style="text-align:left;"| Dr. Esperance Luvindao | 1994– | SWAPO | 2025 | present |
{{complete list|date=March 2022}}
References
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External links
- [https://mhss.gov.na/ Official website] Ministry of Health and Social Services