Geoffrey Bhengu | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office June 1999 –August 2002 | |
Constituency | KwaZulu-Natal |
Delegate to the National Council of Provinces | |
Assembly Member for KwaZulu-Natal | |
In office May 1994 –June 1999 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Geoffrey Bongumusa Bhengu 25 August 1940 |
Citizenship | South Africa |
Political party | Inkatha Freedom Party |
Geoffrey Bongumusa Bhengu (born 25 August 1940) [1] is a South African politician from KwaZulu-Natal. He represented the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in the national Parliament from May 1994 until August 2002,when moved to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature.
In South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994,Bhengu was elected to represent the IFP in the Senate (later the National Council of Provinces),serving the KwaZulu-Natal constituency. [2] In the next general election in 1999,he was elected to an IFP seat in the National Assembly,again from the KwaZulu-Natal list. [1]
However,midway through the term,the Mail &Guardian reported that Bhengu was likely to be transferred to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature,where the IFP hoped to stack its seats with party loyalists in order to minimise the losses of the upcoming floor-crossing window. [3] Bhengu was indeed sworn in to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature on 13 August 2002. [4] He was re-elected to a full term in the provincial legislature in the 2004 general election. [5]
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