Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (Namibia)

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The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) is a department of the Namibian government. It was established in 1990 as Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, responsible for licensing of the media, the first minister was Hidipo Hamutenya.

The ministry was disbanded in 2000; Its portfolio was added to the foreign ministry. In 2003 it was reestablished under its original name, and in 2008 it gained the communication portfolio from the Ministry of Works and Transport. Since then it carries its current name. The current minister is Peya Mushelenga.

Ministers

All information ministers in chronological order are:

#	Name	(Birth–Death)	Party	Term start	Term end
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
01	Hidipo Hamutenya	1939–2016	SWAPO	1990	1993
02	Ben Amathila	1938–	SWAPO	1993	2000
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Information and Broadcasting
03	Theo-Ben Gurirab	1938–2018	SWAPO	2000	2003
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
04	Nangolo Mbumba	1941–	SWAPO	2003	2005
05	Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah	1952–	SWAPO	2005	2008
Minister of Information and Communication Technology
06	Joel Kaapanda	1945–	SWAPO	2008	2015
07	Tjekero Tweya	1960–	SWAPO	2015	2018
08	Stanley Simataa	1960–	SWAPO	2018	2020
09	Peya Mushelenga	1975–	SWAPO	2020	2024
010	Emma Theofilus	1996–	SWAPO	2024	-

This list is complete and up to date as of April 2022.

References

Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, H. Entry for Hidipo Hamutenya". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
Dierks, Klaus. "Chronology of Namibian History, 2000". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ Sherbourne, Robin. Guide to the Namibian Economy 2013/14. Institute for Public Policy Research. p. 334. ISBN 978-99945-78-14-6.
"About us". Government of Namibia. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
Nakatana, Festus (23 March 2020). "Geingob drops Cabinet surprises". New Era. p. 1.

External links

Official website Ministry of Information and Communication Technology

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