The Ministry of Veteran Affairs was a department of the Namibian government, responsible for the social and economic support of veterans of the

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, and for the custody of Namibian independence war history. It was established in 2006. The first veteran affairs minister was

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, until then

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. The ministry was disbanded in 2015; The portfolio of veteran affairs fell to the office of the

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. In 2020 veteran affairs were added to the

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which was renamed Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MODVA). The defence and veteran affairs minister is Frans Kapofi.

Ministers

All veteran affairs ministers in chronological order are:

References

* Veteran affairs South African Border War 2005 establishments in Namibia 2015 disestablishments in Namibia {{Namibia-gov-stub

Ministers

See also

References