Yvonne Dausab | |
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![]() Dausab in 2022 | |
Minister of Justice | |
Assumed office 21 March 2020 | |
President | Hage Geingob |
Preceded by | Sacky Shanghala |
Chairperson of the Law Reform and Development Commission | |
In office 2015 – 21 March 2020 | |
Preceded by | Sacky Shanghala |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1974 (age 49–50) |
Citizenship | Namibian |
Political party | SWAPO |
Alma mater |
University of the Western Cape University of Pretoria |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Yvonne Dausab is a Namibian lawyer and politician who has been the Minister of Justice of Namibia since March 2020.
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. [1]
Dausab was admitted as a legal practitioner of the High Court of Namibia in April 2000 at the age of 25. [1] She then worked in human rights at an African NGO based in Lusaka, Zambia for five years before returning to Namibian and joining a private law practice. In 2007, Dausab joined the University of Namibia as a part-time law lecturer. In 2009, she received a faculty position and was later appointed the deputy dean. [1]
Dausab left academia in 2015 when she was appointed the chairperson of the Law Reform and Development Commission [2] [3] in 2015 by Namibian president Hage Geingob. [4] In March 2020, she was appointed Minister of Justice, replacing Sacky Shanghala. [5]
Yvonne Dausab | |
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![]() Dausab in 2022 | |
Minister of Justice | |
Assumed office 21 March 2020 | |
President | Hage Geingob |
Preceded by | Sacky Shanghala |
Chairperson of the Law Reform and Development Commission | |
In office 2015 – 21 March 2020 | |
Preceded by | Sacky Shanghala |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1974 (age 49–50) |
Citizenship | Namibian |
Political party | SWAPO |
Alma mater |
University of the Western Cape University of Pretoria |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Yvonne Dausab is a Namibian lawyer and politician who has been the Minister of Justice of Namibia since March 2020.
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. [1]
Dausab was admitted as a legal practitioner of the High Court of Namibia in April 2000 at the age of 25. [1] She then worked in human rights at an African NGO based in Lusaka, Zambia for five years before returning to Namibian and joining a private law practice. In 2007, Dausab joined the University of Namibia as a part-time law lecturer. In 2009, she received a faculty position and was later appointed the deputy dean. [1]
Dausab left academia in 2015 when she was appointed the chairperson of the Law Reform and Development Commission [2] [3] in 2015 by Namibian president Hage Geingob. [4] In March 2020, she was appointed Minister of Justice, replacing Sacky Shanghala. [5]