The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MODVA) is the government department responsible for the administration of military affairs and veterans affairs in Namibia.Official web site
/ref> It was established as Ministry of Defence (MOD) at

Namibian independence The history of Namibia has passed through several distinct stages from being colonised in the late nineteenth century to Namibia's independence on 21 March 1990. From 1884, Namibia was a German colony: German South West Africa. After the First W ...

in 1990. In 2020 the portfolio of veteran affairs was added to defence after the Ministry of Veteran Affairs had been dissolved in 2015. The first Namibian defence minister was

Peter Mweshihange Peter Mweshihange (5 May 1930 – 20 March 1998) was a Namibian revolutionary and guerrilla leader, and after Namibian independence, a politician and diplomat. He was the Namibia's first Minister of Defence from 1990 to 1995, and first ambassa ...

, the Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs is Frans Kapofi. The political leader of MODVA is the minister while the accounting officer is the executive director (ED), deputised by a deputy executive director. The deputy ED heads the Department of Defence secretariat and administration. This department is made up of six directorates: Education and Civil Training, Construction and Maintenance, Finance, Defence Central Staff, Procurement Research and Development, and Defence Legal Advisor. All the directorates are headed by civilian directors. In exceptional cases, commissioned officers with the rank of Brigadier general can be appointed as directors in the department.

Ministers of Defence

(1990–1995) * Philemon Malima (1995–1997) *Colonel (ret) Erkki Nghimtina (1997–2005) *Major General (ret) Charles Namoloh (2005–2012) * Nahas Angula (2012–2015) * Penda Ya Ndakolo (2015–2020) *Rear Admiral (ret)

Peter Vilho Peter Hafeni Vilho (born 2 February 1962) is a Namibian politician and retired rear admiral who is a member of the Parliament of Namibia, a former Minister of Defence, and a former commander of the Namibian Navy. He was appointed the commande ...

(2020-2021) * Frans Kapofi (2021-current)

References

Military of Namibia Government of Namibia 1990 establishments in Namibia {{Namibia-gov-stub