Jacob Selebi

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Jacob Sello Selebi, also Jackie Selebi (born March 7, 1950 in Johannesburg , † January 23, 2015 in Pretoria ) was a South African politician. He was President of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) from 1987 to 1991 , Chief of the South African Police from 2000 to 2009 and President of Interpol between 2004 and 2008 . In 2010 he was sentenced to 15 years ' imprisonment for corruption, but released for health reasons after 229 days.

Life

Career

From 1983 to 1987 Selebi was the representative of the ANCYL at the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) in Budapest . In 1987, while in exile in Zambia, he was elected President of the Youth League and, at the same time, to the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC). After the end of apartheid he was responsible for bringing the ANC members home from exile. After becoming head of the ANC's welfare department in 1993 , Selebi was elected to the National Assembly in the first free elections in 1994. The following year he was appointed Ambassador of South Africa to the United Nations , where he was a member of the UN Commission on Human Rights and the Oslo Conference in preparation for the Ottawa Convention . After leaving the embassy in 1998, he was promoted to Director General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 2000 appointed him Thabo Mbeki to National Commissioner of the South African Police Service , the head of the entire police force of the country. During his tenure, he was first elected Vice President and in 2004 President of Interpol.

Loss of office, trial and death

In 2008 Selebi was suspended from his position on suspicion of corruption , fraud and blackmail . He was charged with accepting Rand 1.2 million as a bribe. Shortly thereafter, he resigned as President of Interpol, and in 2009 he resigned from his previous functions in the ANC and from his parliamentary mandate. He had already come under fire in 2007 because he had shown incomprehension in front of a parliamentary committee on the question of crime in view of the 2010 soccer World Cup ( “What's all the fuss about crime” ; German: What should all 'the excitement about the crimes ), and advocated the legalization of prostitution and public alcohol consumption. The trial of Selebi began in April 2010; he admitted his friendship with the businessman and drug smuggler Glenn Agliotti, but called all allegations baseless. In July 2010, he was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 15 years in prison. His appeal was dismissed by the Supreme Court in December 2011 and the sentence commenced immediately. In July 2012, he was for health reasons on probation dismissed; the decision was made in connection with his friendship with Jacob Zuma . Selebi died of a stroke in 2015 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jackie Selebi: South Africa's 'corrupt' police chief . In: BBC News of July 2, 2010, accessed August 6, 2012.
  2. ↑ Boyd Webb and Angela Quintal: Stop panicking about crime . In: Independent Online January 27, 2007, accessed August 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ Ayanda Mhlongo and Mauricio Langa: 2010: Sex, booze and soccer . In: Independent Online of April 3, 2007, accessed August 6, 2012.
  4. ^ South Africa ex-police head Selebi guilty of corruption . In: BBC News of July 2, 2010, accessed August 6, 2012.
  5. ↑ Summary of the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa (pdf; 95 kB) of December 2, 2011, accessed on August 6, 2012 (English).
  6. ^ Justice Malala: Sickening subversion . In: Times Live of July 23, 2012, accessed August 6, 2012; S.Africa's ex-police chief on medical parole . In: Newsday of July 20, 2012, accessed on August 6, 2012.
  7. ↑ Report on Selebi's death at reuters.com (English), accessed on January 24, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Selebi, Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Selebi, Jacob Sello; Selebi, Jackie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African politician; President of ANCYL and Interpol
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Johannesburg
DATE OF DEATH 23rd January 2015
Place of death Pretoria