Ministry of Defence (Namibia)

The is government department responsible for the administration of military affairs in Namibia .[1]The POlictical leader is the Minister while the Accounting officer is the Executive Director that is deputized by a deputy executive director. The deputy Executive Director heads the Department of Defence Secretariat and Administration. This department is made up of Six Directorates namely: Directorate of Education and Civil Training, Directorate Construction and Maintenance, Directorate of Finance, Directorate Defence Central Staff, Directorate Procurement Research and Development and the Directorate 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.