Jerry Ekandjo

Jerry Ekandjo
Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture
In office
4 December 2012 – 1 February 2018
Preceded byKazenambo Kazenambo
Succeeded byErastus Uutoni
Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development
In office
8 April 2008 – 4 December 2012
Preceded byJohn Pandeni
Succeeded byCharles Namoloh
Minister of Lands and Resettlement
In office
21 March 2005 – 8 April 2008
Preceded byHifikepunye Pohamba
Succeeded byAlpheus ǃNaruseb
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
September 1995 – 21 March 2005
Preceded byHifikepunye Pohamba
Succeeded byRosalia Nghidinwa
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
In office
21 March 1995 – September 1995
Deputy Minister of Regional and Local Government and Housing
In office
1990–1995
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byLoide Kasingo
Personal details
Born (1947-03-17) 17 March 1947 (age 77)
Windhoek, South-West Africa
NationalityNamibian
Political party SWAPO
SpouseLoide Ndapewa Ekandjo
Children3
Residence(s)Windhoek, Namibia
ProfessionPolitician, Teacher

Jerry Lukiiko Ekandjo (born 17 March 1947) is a Namibian politician, former anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner. He is one of the founding members of the SWAPO Youth League and has been one of the most active internal leading members of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) during the liberation struggle. He spent eight years in prison on Robben Island after being charged for inciting violence in 1973.

Ekandjo has been a member of the cabinet of Namibia from independence in 1990 until 2018, serving the SWAPO government in various ministerial positions. His last appointment was Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, from which he was recalled in early 2018. In 2012 he was a candidate for the vice-president of SWAPO and came second to Hage Geingob who eventually became the president of Namibia in 2015. In 2017 Ekandjo was nominated as a candidate for the president of SWAPO and came second again to Hage Geingob.