Ministry of Defence (Namibia)

The Ministry of Defence of Namibia is the government department responsible for the administration of military affairs in Namibia.[1] The political leader is the minister while the accounting officer is the executive director (ED), deputized 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 exception cases commissioned officers with the rank of Brigadier general can be appointed as directors in the department.