Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula

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Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula (2012)

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula (born November 13, 1956 ) is a South African politician of the African National Congress (ANC) and since June 2012 Minister of Defense and Military Veterans.

Life

Studies, teacher and official of the ANC

After attending Mount Arthur High School , Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula completed a teaching degree for elementary school at the College of Bensonvale Teacher Training and graduated with a diploma. She later completed a distance learning degree in project management from Canadian University Overseas Services .

In 1978 she first became a teacher at Bensonvale Junior Secondary School and then switched to teaching at the St Matthews Teacher's Training College in 1979 before she was a social worker on the Timothy Target project between 1981 and 1982 . Between 1982 and 1984 she was Assistant Director of the Mazazane Open School , a project supported by the South African Institute of Race Relations .

In 1984, on behalf of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), she headed an investigation group that investigated the desertion of members of Umkhonto we Sizwe , the military arm of the ANC, to Angola . In the same year Mapisa-Nqakula took part in military training in Angola and in 1985 went to the Soviet Union , where she worked for further training as a member of political and military structures. In 1985 she also attended the seminar for Equality Development and Peace in Nairobi and the 2nd ANC Consultative seminar in Kabwe . She then worked from 1986 to 1988 in the politico-military structures of the ANC.

From 1988 to 1990 she was a representative of the ANC's women's department in Angola and of the Pan-African women's organization. Upon her return, she became a member of the ANC's National Executive Committee in 1990 and was the National Organizer of the ANC's Women's League from 1991 to 1993 .

MP and Minister

Mapisa-Nqakula, who was Secretary General of the ANC Women's League from 1993 to 1995, was elected to the National Assembly for the first time in 1994 as a candidate of the ANC and has been a member of it ever since. During this time she was also a member of the Constitutional Assembly between 1994 and 1996.

During her long membership in parliament, she was a member of the Joint Standing Committees on Defense and Intelligence. Since 2001 she has been deputy chairman of the ANC parliamentary group in the National Assembly and was also Chief Whip of the ANC between 2001 and 2002 .

In 2002 she was appointed Vice Minister in the Ministry of the Interior. On April 28, 2004 she succeeded the longtime Minister of the Interior Mangosuthu Buthelezi and held this office for five years until May 11, 2009. Since 2004 she has also been President of the ANC Women's League.

Subsequently, in May 2009, following the election of Jacob Zuma as President of South Africa, she became the Minister for Prison in the Zuma Cabinet , while the previous Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma succeeded her as Interior Minister.

On June 12, 2012, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula became the new Minister of Defense and Military Veterans , succeeding Lindiwe Sisulu , who in turn became Minister of Public Service and Administration. After the 2014 elections she kept her ministerial post, as after the formation of the Cabinet Ramaphosa I in 2018 and 2019, in the formation of the Cabinet Ramaphosa II .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ministry of Correctional Services: Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula, Ms. Short biography on www.info.gov.za ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.info.gov.za
  2. ^ The Cabinet of Thabo Mbeki. at www.news24.com
  3. ^ World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women's Equality, Development and Peace (1985 July 15-26: Nairobi). The Nairobi forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women. New York, United Nations, 1985.
  4. ↑ Changes to National Executive and South African Police Service ( Memento April 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (South African Government Information, June 12, 2012)
  5. ↑ Cabinet list from May 25, 2014 ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed January 17, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / citizen.co.za
personal data
SURNAME Mapisa-Nqakula, Nosiviwe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1956