Mmusi Maimane

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Mmusi Maimane (2011)

Aloysias Mmusi Maimane (born June 6, 1980 in Krugersdorp ) is a South African politician (formerly Democratic Alliance , DA). Until 2019 he was parliamentary group leader and opposition leader in the National Assembly and party leader of the DA. In March 2020 he founded the One South African Movement platform .

Life

Maimane's father is Tswana and his mother is Xhosa . He grew up in Soweto , where he attended school. He then studied psychology at the University of South Africa (with a BA ), Witwatersrand University (with a master's degree in public administration) and Bangor University in Wales , where he earned a master's degree in theology.

In 2011 Mmusi Maimane was a top and mayoral candidate in the local elections in the metropolitan municipality of City of Johannesburg . Under his leadership, the DA was able to achieve a result of around 35% (+ 7 percentage points) of the votes. The good performance of his party brought Maimane abruptly national political attention. After the local elections, he took over the office of parliamentary group leader and opposition leader in the City Council of Johannesburg. In 2012 Maimane was elected deputy party leader of the Democratic Alliance and was able to prevail against eight other candidates.

In the 2014 elections , Mmusi Maimane was elected for the DA in the South African National Assembly, where he took over the chairmanship of the DA parliamentary group. In June 2014 he presented his shadow cabinet . On May 10, 2015, Maimane was elected party chairman of the DA instead of Helen Zille . On October 23, 2019, he resigned as chairman after Zille was elected chairperson of the Federal Council of the DA, in fact the deputy party chairman. He justified his resignation with a smear campaign by parts of the party against his policy. The following day he also resigned his position as opposition leader and his mandate in the National Assembly and left the DA. His successor as opposition leader was the former Chief Whip of the DA in the National Assembly, John Steenhuisen , on October 27th . In March 2020, he founded the One South African Movement , which he claims will not become a political party.

Maimane is married and has two children. His wife is a white South African. According to the information on the previous DA website, he is fluent in seven South African languages. Until his appointment as party chairman, he was a regular preacher of the conservative-traditionalist Protestant Liberty Church .

literature

  • S'thembiso Msomi: Mmusi Maimane - prophet or puppet? Jonathan Ball, Johannesburg 2016, ISBN 9781868427086 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b Profile at enca.com (English), accessed on July 20, 2014
  2. ^ South Africa's main opposition leader resigns amid race row. africanews.com, October 23, 2019, accessed October 24, 2019
  3. ↑ a b Tshidi Madia: Maimane calls on South Africans to join his civic movement, noting it is not a political party. news24.com of March 6, 2020, accessed June 7, 2020
  4. ^ Report at iol.co.za (English), accessed on March 27, 2015
  5. ↑ a b Mmusi Maimane. Democratic Alliance South Africa website, accessed August 3, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Mayors are elected in South Africa by the city council. The top candidate from one of the major parties is also a candidate for office.
  7. ↑ Details at politicsweb.co.za (English)
  8. ^ DA Congress: Project Gauteng on track with the rise of Maimane, Gana. In: Daily Maverick , accessed July 21, 2014
  9. ↑ Maimane announces DA's Shadow Cabinet. iol.co.za from June 6, 2014, accessed July 20, 2014
  10. ↑ South Africa: Head of the largest opposition party resigns due to hostility. nzz.ch of October 23, 2019, accessed on October 24, 2019
  11. ↑ Zintle Mahlati: Maimane resigns as DA MP. iol.co.za of October 24, 2019 (English), accessed October 28, 2019
  12. ^ South Africa's opposition leader quits DA party. africanews.com of October 24, 2019, accessed October 28, 2019
  13. ^ Jenna Etheridge: John Steenhuisen chosen as DA parliamentary leader. news24.com of October 27, 2019 (English), accessed on October 28, 2019
  14. ^ Gareth van Onselen: The Right Reverend Aloysias Maimane. BusinessDay live, May 4, 2015, accessed August 6, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Maimane, Mmusi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maimane, Aloysias Mmusi (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African politician (formerly Democratic Alliance)
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Krugersdorp