Tjitunga Elijah Ngurare is a Namibian politician and academic at the University of Namibia who served as the Secretary General of the SWAPO Party Youth League from 2007 to 2015.
Elijah Ngurare was born on 28 October 1970 into a peasant family at Nkurenkuru during the South African Border War.
He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Water Resources Management and International Relations.
He held various student positions and was active in Section, Branches and District Leadership of SWAPO Party Youth League.
He then joined the Ministry of Agriculture as Director for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation coordination in March 2020.