Frans Kapofi
Namibian politician (born 1953)
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Frans Kapofi (born 25 January 1953 at Onaame, Ohangwena region) is a Namibian politician who since 1999 has served in various positions in cabinet.[1]
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Frans Kapofi MP | |
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Kapofi in 2016 | |
| Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs | |
| Assumed office 22 April 2021 | |
| President | Hage Geingob |
| Preceded by | Peter Vilho |
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
| In office 8 February 2018 – 22 April 2021 | |
| President | Hage Geingob |
| Preceded by | Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana |
| Succeeded by | Albert Kawana |
| Minister Of Presidential Affairs | |
| In office 21 March 2015 – 8 February 2018 | |
| President | Hage Geingob |
| Preceded by | Albert Kawana |
| Succeeded by | Immanuel Ngatjizeko |
| Secretary to cabinet | |
| In office 1999–2015 | |
| President | Hifikepunye Pohamba Hage Geingob |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 January 1953 Onaame, Ohangwena Region |
| Party |  SWAPO |
| Alma mater | Eastern and Southern African Management Institute, Naval Postgraduate School |
Education
Kapofi obtained a Master’s in Business Administration from the Eastern and Southern Institute for Management, ESAMI, Tanzania in 2006. He also attended a Senior International Defence Management Course at Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA in 1996.[2]
Kapofi also possesses a Diploma in Modern Management Administration from the Cambridge Tutorial College, Jersey, Britain, which he obtained in 1993. Furthermore, Kapofi has a Diploma: Social Science, Leninist Institute of High Learning, Moscow, USSR which he obtained in 1994.[2]
Career
Kapofi held various offices during the liberation struggle of Namibia, including Chief Political Commissar of PLAN, SWAPO Defence Headquarters, Lubango (1987-1989); and Deputy Chief Political Commissar of PLAN, SWAPO Defence Headquarters, Lubango (1986-1987), and other various offices in SWAPO.[2]
A member of SWAPO, he is a military officer by training. Kapofi has been a permanent secretary for various ministries of government since 1990. Thereafter he was appointed cabinet secretary from 1999 to 2015. From 2015 to 2018 he served as Minister of Presidential Affairs.[1][3] He was appointed Minister of Home Affairs in a cabinet reshuffle on 8 February 2018.[4] Kapofi retained his portfolio after the 2019 Namibian general election; The ministry gained additionally the portfolio of safety and security in 2020. In a cabinet reshuffle in April 2021, he was moved to the Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs.[5] He has closely worked with all three of Namibia’s heads of state.[6]
Kapofi retained his position as minister when Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah became president in March 2025. On 28 October 2025 he was additionally appointed interim Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy.[7]
