Yvonne Dausab

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

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. in 2015 by Namibian president Hage Geingob. In March 2020, she was appointed Minister of Justice, replacing Sacky Shanghala.