{"id":327,"date":"2020-10-13T04:53:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T04:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.50x50movement.org\/?p=327"},"modified":"2020-10-13T04:57:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T04:57:50","slug":"rt-hon-saara-kuugongelwa-amadhila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.50x50movement.org\/person\/rt-hon-saara-kuugongelwa-amadhila\/","title":{"rendered":"Rt. Hon. 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Hon. Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila&#8217;s Story<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"group-middle\"><div class=\"field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item\"><p>Mrs. Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila (born 12 October 1967), born in Okahao, Omusati region, is a Namibian politician. A member of the South West Africa People&#8217;s Organization (SWAPO), Kuugongelwa has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1995 and Minister of Finance since 2003 until today 2014.<\/p><p>Kuugongelwa went into exile with SWAPO in 1980 and left for Sierra Leone In 1982 at the age of 15. She attended Koidu Girls Secondary School from 1982 to 1984 and Saint Joseph&#8217;s Secondary School from 1984 to 1987. From 1991 to 1994, Kuugongelwa attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, United States, where she graduated from with a degree in economics.<\/p><p>The Omusati native returned to Namibia following graduation from Lincoln and took a position as a desk officer in the Office of the President under Sam Nuujoma. At the age of 27 in 1995, Saara Kuugongelwa was named Director General, National Planning Commission at Government of Namibia. \u00a0She has been Prime Minister of Namibia since March 2015.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister of Namibia Rt. Hon. Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila&#8217;s Story Mrs. Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila (born 12 October 1967), born in Okahao, Omusati region, is a Namibian politician. 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