Clara Gasebewe Bohitile is a former Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

n politician. A member of SWAPO, Bohitile was a member of the 2nd and 3rd National Assemblies from 1995-2005. She also served as the Deputy Minister of Basic Education and Culture from 1995-2005 as well. She re-entered the National Assembly from 2007-2010 when she replaced Ben Amathila

Ben Amathila

Ben Amathila is a semi-retired Namibian politician. Amathila served in the government of Namibia with SWAPO from independence in 1990 until his retirement from the National Assembly in April 2007...

, who retired. She is also a member of the SWAPO Central Committee.

Bohitile is also a prominent commercial farmer as well as politician. In 2006, she was named the Emerging Farmer of the Year by the Namibia Agricultural Union

Namibia Agricultural Union

The Namibia Agricultural Union is a union of farmers in Namibia which represents commercial or non-subsistence farmers. The leader of the NAU since 2004 is Raimar von Hase who replaced Jan de Wet...

. In September 2010, she made history when she was elected to the board of the Namibian Meat Corporation. She was the first woman ever chosen to the chair the MeatCo board.