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Baleka Mbete
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5th Deputy President of South Africa
In office
25 September 2008 – 9 May 2009
President Kgalema Motlanthe
Preceded by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Succeeded by Kgalema Motlanthe
2nd and 5th Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
21 May 2014 – 22 May 2019
President Jacob Zuma
Cyril Ramaphosa
Preceded by Max Sisulu
Succeeded by Thandi Modise
In office
13 July 2004 – 25 September 2008
President Thabo Mbeki
Kgalema Motlanthe
Preceded by Frene Ginwala
Succeeded by Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde
National Chairperson of the African National Congress
In office
18 December 2007 – 18 December 2017
President Jacob Zuma
Cyril Ramaphosa
Succeeded by Gwede Mantashe
Secretary-General of the African National Congress Women's League
In office
1991–1993
President Winnie Mandela
(President of the African National Congress Women's League)
Leader Gertrude Shope
(Head of delegation)
Succeeded by Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
1994 – 2019
(Resigned)
Constituency Durban
President Nelson Mandela
Personal details
Born (1949-09-24) 24 September 1949 (age 74)
Durban, Union of South Africa
Political party African National Congress
Spouse(s)
(m. 1978; div. 1992)

Nape Khomo
(m. 2016)
Alma mater Eshowe Training College
Lovedale Teacher Training College
Occupation
  • Politician
  • activist
Profession Teacher

Baleka Mbete (born 24 September 1949) is a South African politician who served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa from May 2014 to May 2019. She was previously Speaker of the National Assembly from 2004 to 2008, and Deputy President of South Africa from 2008 to 2009 under Kgalema Motlanthe. She was elected National Chairperson of the African National Congress in 2007 and re-elected in 2012 and served until 18 December 2017. On the 18th of December 2017, during the ANC's 54th conference, Gwede Mantashe was elected Mbete's successor as National Chairperson of the ANC.

Mbete is the ex-wife of poet and activist Keorapetse Kgositsile.

Early life

After going into exile in 1976, Mbete taught in Mbabane in Swaziland, and went on to work for the African National Congress (ANC) in several other African cities, including Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Nairobi in Kenya, Gaborone in Botswana, Harare in Zimbabwe, and Lusaka in Zambia. She returned to South Africa from exile in June 1990.

See also

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