Yvonne Dausab
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Yvonne Dausab | |
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_(sq_cropped).jpg) Dausab in 2022 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 21 March 2020 – 21 March 2025 | |
| President | Hage Geingob |
| Preceded by | Sacky Shanghala |
| Succeeded by | Fillemon Wise Immanuel |
| Chairperson of the Law Reform and Development Commission | |
| In office 2015 – 21 March 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Sacky Shanghala |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1974 (age 51–52) |
| Citizenship | Namibian |
| Party | SWAPO |
| Alma mater | University of the Western Cape University of Pretoria |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Yvonne Dausab is a Namibian lawyer and politician who served as the Minister of Justice of Namibia from 21 March 2020 to 21 March 2025
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]
