Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana
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The Honourable Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana MPP |
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| Minister of Home Affairs | |
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Assumed office 4 December 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Rosalia Nghidinwa |
| Secretary General of SWAPO | |
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In office 2007 – 4 December 2012 |
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| Succeeded by | Nangolo Mbumba |
| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 2005 – 4 December 2012 |
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| Succeeded by | Utoni Nujoma |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 October 1952 Uukwandongo, Omusati Region, Namibia |
| Nationality | Namibian |
| Political party |
 SWAPO
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| Residence | Windhoek |
| Alma mater | University of Namibia |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Profession | Politician |
| Website | http://www.pendukeni.com |
Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana (born October 11, 1952) is a Namibian politician who was the Secretary-General of the South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) from 2007 to 2012. She was Minister of Justice from 2005 to 2012 and has served as Minister of Home Affairs since 2012.
Iivula-Ithana was born in Uukwandongo, Ongandjera, Ovamboland. In 1974 she went into exile and became one of the first woman fighters in the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN). She was active in the SWAPO Youth League and the SWAPO Women's Council whose Secretary she became in 1980.
Iivula-Ithana holds Bachelor of Laws and B.Juris degrees from University of Namibia (1999 and 1998), and a Diploma in Public Administration and Management from the United Nations Institute for Namibia in Zambia (1979).
Immediately prior to Namibian independence she was a SWAPO delegate to the Constituent Assembly, which was in place from November 1989 to March 1990, and upon independence in March 1990 she became a member of the National Assembly of Namibia.
Iivula-Ithana served in several Cabinet positions. She was Deputy Minister of Wildlife, Conservation and Tourism from 1990 to 1991, Minister of Youth and Sport from 1991 to 1996, and Minister of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation from 1996 to 2001. She was moved from the latter position to that of Attorney-General on January 26, 2001. In March 2005, when President Hifikepunye Pohamba took office, she was appointed to the additional post of Minister of Justice.
At SWAPO's August 2002 congress, Iivula-Ithana placed 23rd in the election for the Central Committee, receiving 310 votes. She was elected as Secretary-General of SWAPO at the party's November 2007 congress, becoming the first woman to hold that position.
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