Yvonne Dausab is a
Namibian lawyer and politician who has been the
Minister of Justice of Namibia since March 2020.
Early life and career
Dausab grew up in
Katutura, a segregated area for Blacks in
Windhoek. She completed A Shipena Secondary School as the head girl. Dausab completed secondary school not long after Namibia's independence, and went on to study a BA in Law and LLB at the
University of the Western Cape and an LL.M. with a specialization in Human Rights and African Democratisation at the
University of Pretoria thanks to various scholarships.
Dausab was admitted as a legal practitioner of the High Court of Namibia in April 2000 at the age of 25.
She then worked in human rights at an African NGO based in
Lusaka
Lusaka (; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zambia. It is one of the fastest-developing cities in southern Africa. Lusaka is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about . , the city's population was ab ...
,
Zambia for five years before returning to Namibian and joining a private law practice. In 2007, Dausab joined the
University of Namibia
The University of Namibia (UNAM) is a multi-campus public research university in Namibia, as well as the largest university in the country. It was established by an act of Parliament on 31 August 1992.
Background
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as a part-time law lecturer. In 2009, she received a faculty position and was later appointed the deputy dean.
Political career
Dausab left academia in 2015 when she was appointed the chairperson of the
Law Reform and Development Commission The Law Reform and Development Commission (LRDC) is a government commission established in 1992 in Namibia, that creates reports making recommendations for legal reforms. In 2014, ''New Era'' reported that the Ministry of Justice was not seriously ...
in 2015 by Namibian president
Hage Geingob.
In March 2020, she was appointed
Minister of Justice, replacing
Sacky Shanghala
Sakeus Edward Twelityaamena "Sacky" Shanghala (born 13 June 1977) is a Namibian lawyer and politician who served as the Minister of Justice from 8 February 2018 until November 2019 when he was forced to resign in the wake of the Fishrot scandal. ...
.
External links
Official Twitter
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Women government ministers of Namibia
Justice ministers of Namibia
University of the Western Cape alumni
University of Pretoria alumni
Academic staff of the University of Namibia
Politicians from Windhoek
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