Ministry of Fisheries (Namibia)

The Ministry of Fisheries was a government ministry of Namibia, with headquarters in Windhoek. At Namibian independence in 1990 the fisheries portfolio was allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture. Only in 1991 was a separate Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) established,^[1] the first minister was Helmut Angula.

In 2025 the ministry was disestablished, and the portfolio of fisheries was given back to the agriculture ministry.^[2] The current^[update] Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform is Mac Hengari.

Ministers

All fisheries ministers in chronological order are:^[1]

#	Picture	Name	(Birth–Death)	Party	Term start	Term end
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development
01		Gert Hanekom	1930–1999	SWAPO	1990	1991
Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources
02		Helmut Angula	1945–	SWAPO	1991	1995
03		Hifikepunye Pohamba	1935–	SWAPO	1995	1997
04		Abraham Iyambo	1961–2013	SWAPO	1997	2010
05		Bernard Esau	1957–	SWAPO	2010	2020
06		Albert Kawana	1956–	SWAPO	2020	2021
07		Derek Klazen[3]	1965–	SWAPO	2021	2025
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform
08		Mac Hengari		SWAPO	21 March 2025	23 April 2025[4]
09		Inge Zaamwani-Kamwi		SWAPO	7 May 2025[5]

This list is complete and up to date as of June 2025.

See also

• Economy of Namibia
• Environment of Namibia