Mohammed Valli Moosa
Mohammed Valli Moosa (born February 8, 1957 in Johannesburg ) is a South African politician . He was a senior member of the United Democratic Front (UDF). and member of the African National Congress (ANC). He comes from a family of Indian migrants.
Life
Moosa attended Park Primary School and Lenasia State Indian High School, then attended the University of Durban-Westville , which later merged with another university to form the University of KwaZulu-Natal . At the age of 14 he had his first contact with the oppressive system of apartheid when he refused to sing the national anthem of the time, Die Stem van Suid-Afrika .
During Nelson Mandela's reign from 1994 to 1999 he was Minister for Constitutional Affairs, during his first term Thabo Mbeki was Minister for Environment and Tourism . In this function he attended the opening of the EXPO in Hanover in 2000. His successor in this position was Marthinus Christoffel Johannes van Schalkwyk . He was also President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and Chairman of the Board of Eskom from 2004 to 2008 . In 2013 he became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Anglo American Platinum .
Web links
- Moosa on the ANC website ( Memento from February 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Moosa at whoswho.co.za (English; archive version)
- ↑ portrait Moosas on the website of the ANC ( Memento of 27 February 2009 at the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ^ Report by Spiegel on the opening of the EXPO
- ^ Robert Ruttmann on February 18, 2008 for Credit Suisse ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Anglo American Platinum Leadership Team , accessed March 5, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moosa, Mohammed Valli |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Johannesburg |