Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana

The Honourable Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana MP
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 4 December 2012 – 1 February 2018
President	Hage Geingob Hifikepunye Pohamba
Preceded by	Rosalia Nghidinwa
Succeeded by	Frans Kapofi
Secretary general of SWAPO
In office December 2007 – 4 December 2012
President	Hifikepunye Pohamba
Preceded by	Ngarikutuke Tjiriange
Succeeded by	Nangolo Mbumba
Minister of Justice
In office 2005 – 4 December 2012
President	Hifikepunye Pohamba
Preceded by	Albert Kawana
Succeeded by	Utoni Nujoma
Attorney general
In office 2001–2008
President	Sam Nujoma Hifikepunye Pohamba
Preceded by	Ngarikutuke Tjiriange
Succeeded by	Albert Kawana
Minister of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation
In office 1996–2001
President	Sam Nujoma
Preceded by	Richard Kapelwa Kabajani
Succeeded by	Hifikepunye Pohamba
Minister of Youth and Sport
In office 1991–1996
President	Sam Nujoma
Preceded by	Nahas Angula
Succeeded by	Richard Kapelwa Kabajani
Deputy Minister of Wildlife, Conservation and Tourism
In office 1990–1991
President	Sam Nujoma
Preceded by	position established
Personal details
Born	(1952-10-11) 11 October 1952 (age 71) Uukwandongo, Omusati Region, Namibia
Political party	SWAPO
Residence	Windhoek
Alma mater	University of Namibia
Occupation	Lawyer
Profession	Politician

Pendukeni "Penny" Iivula-Ithana (born 11 October 1952) is a Namibian politician who served as the secretary general of SWAPO, Namibia's ruling party, from 2007 to 2012. She was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Namibia in 1989 and has been a member of Parliament and member of cabinet since independence in 1990.^[1]

Iivula-Ithana served in several ministerial positions over a span of three decades. Her last ministerial post was in the interior ministry. After criticising the sitting president Hage Geingob and other senior political leaders in November 2017 she was dismissed from cabinet. She also lost her parliamentary seat at the end of the 2015–2020 legislative period.