Ministry of Fisheries (Namibia)

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The Government of Namibia's fisheries portfolio was at Namibian independence in 1990 allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture. Only in 1991 was a separate Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) established, the first minister was Helmut Angula. The current fisheries minister is Derek Klazen, former mayor of Walvis Bay.

Ministers

All fisheries ministers in chronological order are:

#	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	1965–	SWAPO	2021

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

^ Sherbourne, Robin. Guide to the Namibian Economy 2013/14. Institute for Public Policy Research. p. 132. ISBN 978-99945-78-14-6.
Tjitemisa, Kuzeeko (22 April 2020). "Geingob shuffles his pack … Kapofi gets defence, Klazen promoted". New Era. p. 1.