Panyaza Lesufi (original) (raw)

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Andrek "Panyaza" Lesufi (born 4 September 1968) is a South African politician who was appointed the seventh Premier of Gauteng in October 2022. He was previously Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education in the Gauteng provincial government between May 2014 and October 2022, with the exception of a two-day stint as MEC for Finance in May 2019. Simultaneously, he was acting MEC for Social Development between November 2019 and June 2020. A former anti-apartheid and education activist, Lesufi began his political career in public administration and communications in the government of Ekurhuleni, Gauteng and in the national government, where he worked in the Department of Basic Education from 2009 to 2014. He was first elected to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in 2014. He is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and has served on its Gauteng Provincial Executive Committee since 2007; he was appointed the party's Provincial Chairperson in June 2022. He is also a member of the South African Communist Party. (en)

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Andrek Lesufi (en)

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Andrek Lesufi (en)

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Lesufi in 2014 (en)

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Panyaza Lesufi (en)

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South African (en)

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Acting Gauteng MEC for Social Development (en)

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David Makhura (en)
Barbara Creecy (en)
Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko (en)

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David Makhura (en)

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Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko (en)

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2022-10-06 (xsd:date)

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2022-10-06 (xsd:date)

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Andrek "Panyaza" Lesufi (born 4 September 1968) is a South African politician who was appointed the seventh Premier of Gauteng in October 2022. He was previously Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education in the Gauteng provincial government between May 2014 and October 2022, with the exception of a two-day stint as MEC for Finance in May 2019. Simultaneously, he was acting MEC for Social Development between November 2019 and June 2020. (en)

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