Samuel Abraham Peyavali "Peya" Mushelenga (born September 1, 1975, in Oshigambo, Ovamboland) is a Namibian politician and poet.
He has served cabinet in several ministerial roles and is the current[update] Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since 9 February 2024.
Mushelenga has accumulated fourteen university degrees in his career; the New Era daily called him "Namibia's most avid scholar".
[6] In 1980, South African security forces killed Mushelenga's sister and injured other relatives during a raid on their family home in the former bantustan of Ovamboland.
A book of poetry entitled Nando Na Li Toke, written in the Ovambo dialect of Ndonga, was published by Gamsberg MacMillan in 1996.