Elijah Ngurare

Elijah Ngurare
Prime Minister of Namibia
Assumed office
21 March 2025
PresidentNetumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
DeputyNatangwe Ithete
Preceded bySaara Kuugongelwa
Secretary General of the SWAPO Party Youth League
In office
2007–2015
Preceded byPaulus Kapia
Succeeded byVeikko Nekundi
Secretary for Information, Publicity and Mobilisation of the SWAPO Party Youth League
In office
2002–2007
Succeeded byJob Amupanda
Personal details
Born
Elijah Tjitunga Ngurare

(1970-10-28) 28 October 1970 (age 54)
Nkurenkuru, Kavangoland, South West Africa
NationalityNamibian
Political partySWAPO
SpouseAlbertina Mbute Ngurare
Children4
ResidenceWindhoek
Alma materCentral State University
University of Dundee
University College Cork

Tjitunga Elijah Ngurare (born 28 October 1970) is a Namibian politician and academic who is the current Prime Minister of Namibia. A long-time member and supporter of SWAPO, Namibia's ruling party, he rose through the ranks of the SWAPO Party Youth League (SPYL), first serving as the Secretary for Information, Publicity, and Mobilisation from 2002, before becoming Secretary-General in 2007. He held this position until 2015, when he was expelled from the party.

He previously served as an academic at the University of Namibia and later as a director in the Ministry of Agriculture. On 21 March 2025, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah appointed him as the Prime Minister of Namibia.


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