Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila (born 12 October 1967) is a Namibian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Namibia since 2015.

[2] Saara Kuugongelwa was born on 12 October 1967 in Otamanzi, South West Africa (present-day Namibia).

[4][5] Kuugongelwa-Amadhila returned to Namibia following her graduation from Lincoln University and took a position as an economist in the Office of the President under Sam Nujoma.

In 1995, after only a few months in the job, Nujoma appointed her to parliament at the age of 27 and made her director general of the National Planning Commission,[4] a position in the rank of a minister.

[9] She has spoken about gender equality on numerous occasions, including during Malian Prime Minister Modibo Keita's visit and in a speech (read by Christine Hoebes on her behalf) at the 10th Namibian Women's Summit where she stated that it would take 70 years to close the gender pay gap across Africa.