Lindiwe Sisulu

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Lindiwe Sisulu

Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu (born May 10, 1954 in Johannesburg ) is a South African politician of the African National Congress (ANC). From 2018 to 2019 she was the country's foreign minister. Since then she has been Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation (for example: "Minister for Human Housing, Water and Sanitation ").

Lindiwe Sisulu is the daughter of Albertina Thetiwa and Walter Sisulu . From 1975 to 1976 Sisulu was imprisoned for anti-apartheid activities. In exile (1977 to 1979) she became a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe , the military arm of the ANC. She studied history at the University of York and received her doctorate there in 1989. Since 1994 she has had a seat in the South African National Assembly .

In September 1995 MPs met to form the Standing Committee on Intelligence. Lindiwe Sisulu-Gama took the chair because she had already held an important position in the ANC intelligence service. In the course of taking office, she commented on this process, according to which the formation of this committee was a courageous step towards parliamentary control of the South African secret services. At the same time, she called on the South African Society to propose people to fill the future Inspector General (Inspector General of the Intelligence Services).

She was Minister of Housing from 2004 to 2009 and Minister of Defense of South Africa from 2009 to 2012. From 2012 to 2014 she was responsible for public administration in the cabinet. As of May 2014, Sisulu was again Minister for Housing.

In July 2017, she announced that she would run for election as President of the ANC in December 2017 to succeed Jacob Zuma . However, she was not one of the two approved candidates and also lost the vote on the office of Deputy President with about 46 to 54 percent against David Mabuza . In 2018 she appointed Cyril Ramaphosa as Foreign Minister in his new cabinet . She is Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation in the Ramaphosa II cabinet .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ SAIRR: South Africa Survey 1995/96 . Johannesburg 1996, p. 90
  2. ↑ GCIS: Profile information: Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu, Dr . GCIS. May 22, 2006. Archived from the original on May 23, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 23, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gov.za
  3. ^ Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the appointment of the new Cabinet . South African Government Information. May 10, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
  4. ^ Changes to National Executive and South African Police Service . Government of South Africa. June 12, 2012. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved on May 12, 2012.
  5. ^ Lindiwe Sisulu: Why I'm running for president. ewn.co.za on October 5, 2017, accessed October 6, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Sisulu, Lindiwe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sisulu, Lindiwe Nonceba (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Johannesburg