The Ministry of Land Reform was a government ministry of Namibia, with headquarters in Windhoek. It was created at Namibian independence in 1990 as Ministry of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation, renamed Ministry of Lands and Resettlement in 2005, and got its last name change in 2015. In 2020 the ministry was disestablished, and the portfolio of land reform was given to the agriculture ministry.
The first Namibian land reform minister was Marco Hausiku. The minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform is Calle Schlettwein.
Ministers All land reform ministers in chronological order are:
# Picture Name Party Term start Term end Minister of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation 1 Marco Hausiku 1953–2021 SWAPO 1990 1992 2 Richard Kapelwa Kabajani 1943–2007 SWAPO 1992 1996 3 Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana 1952– SWAPO 1996 2002 4 Hifikepunye Pohamba 1935– SWAPO 2002 2005 Minister of Lands and Resettlement 5 Jerry Ekandjo 1947– SWAPO 2005 2008 6 Alpheus ǃNaruseb 1954– SWAPO 2008 2015 Minister of Land Reform 7 Utoni Nujoma 1952– SWAPO 2015 2020 Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform 8 Calle Schlettwein 1954– SWAPO 2020
See also Land reform in Namibia
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