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Baleka Mbete
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5th Deputy President of South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
In office 25 September 2008 – 9 May 2009 |
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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 |
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President | Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa |
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Preceded by | Max Sisulu | ||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Thandi Modise | ||||||||||||||||||
In office 13 July 2004 – 25 September 2008 |
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President | Thabo Mbeki Kgalema Motlanthe |
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Preceded by | Frene Ginwala | ||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde | ||||||||||||||||||
National Chairperson of the African National Congress | |||||||||||||||||||
In office 18 December 2007 – 18 December 2017 |
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President | Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa |
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Succeeded by | Gwede Mantashe | ||||||||||||||||||
Secretary-General of the African National Congress Women's League | |||||||||||||||||||
In office 1991–1993 |
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President | Winnie Mandela (President of the African National Congress Women's League) |
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Leader | Gertrude Shope (Head of delegation) |
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Succeeded by | Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula | ||||||||||||||||||
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
In office 1994 – 2019 (Resigned) |
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Constituency | Durban | ||||||||||||||||||
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President | Nelson Mandela | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Durban, Union of South Africa |
24 September 1949 ||||||||||||||||||
Political party | African National Congress | ||||||||||||||||||
Spouse(s) |
Nape Khomo
(m. 2016) |
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Alma mater | Eshowe Training College Lovedale Teacher Training College |
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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
In Spanish: Baleka Mbete para niños
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