Penehupifo Pohamba

Penehupifo Pohamba is a Namibian educator and politician who has served as the First Lady of Namibia since her husband President Hifikepunye Pohamba took office in March 2005.

Penehupifo was born in Okatale in Ohangwena Region, in the Constituency of Oshikango closer to the borders of Angola. She attended her primary and secondary school at Odimbo. She was a school teacher at St. George in Windhoek.

Penehupifo Pohamba is a member of SWAPO. In 1974, she left Namibia via Angola and headed to Zambia. She was married to Malakias Shiluwa in 1971 and they have one son, Waldeheim. After a few months in Zambia, Penehupifo was sent to Tanzania for medical training. She also received military training and work in the camps were the refugees from Namibia were housed. She was then sent to Jamaica for a three years period to study midwife. Her first husband, Malakias, was killed in the land mine and by that time she had a daughter, Ndelitunga. In August 1982, she was sent to East Germany to study politics at a college designed for Namibians. 

First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba and President Hifikepunye Pohamba have 3 children together, Tulongeni, Kaupu and Ndapandula. First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba was trained in idwifery both in Tanzania and Jamaica and practiced as a midwife and as a registered nurse until she became First Lady.

First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba

First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba

First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba