Alex Chekkat Jacob

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Alex Chekkat Jacob
Member of the National Assembly
In office
7 August 2008 May 2009
Personal details
DiedJuly 2021 (2021-08) (aged 68)
Citizenship South Africa
Political party African National Congress

Alex Chekkat Jacob (died July 2021) was a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from August 2008 to May 2009. He was sworn in to fill a casual vacancy in the ANC caucus. [1]

Jacob was from Thiruvalla in Kerala, India, where he was active in the Congress Party. He settled in the Northern Cape of South Africa in the 1980s and worked as a teacher. [2] He died in South Africa in July 2021, aged 68. [2]

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References

  1. "National Assembly Members". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Alex Chekkat, A Former South African MP From Thiruvalla, Dies In Northern Cape". NRI Vision. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2023.