Gratitude Magwanishe | |
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Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
In office 14 June 1999 –29 May 2024 | |
Constituency | Gauteng (1999–2004,2009–2019) National list (2004–2009,2019–2024) |
Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises | |
In office 31 March 2017 –25 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Ben Martins |
Succeeded by | Phumulo Masualle |
Personal details | |
Born | Johannesburg,Transvaal,South Africa | 20 January 1973
Political party | African National Congress |
Gratitude Bulelani Magwanishe (born 20 January 1973) is a South African politician and lawyer,who is the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services. He is a former Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry and served as a member of parliament for the African National Congress from 1999 to 2024. [1]
Gratitude Bulelani Magwanishe served on the branch,regional and provincial structures of the ANC Youth League between 1991 and 2004. He represented Tsakane Youth Congress in the Conference for the democratic future in 1989. He was appointed to serve as a member of the Regional Interim Leadership Core of the African National Congress,after the dissolution of the Regional Leadership of Ekurhuleni by the Provincial Executive Committee of Gauteng from 2010 until 2011. He currently serves as a member of the national team on legal,monitoring and security of the ANC.
In 1999 he was elected to be a member of the National Assembly and served on the Portfolio Committee of Justice and Constitutional Review Committees. In 2005 he was appointed as a Whip for the Portfolio Committee of Justice and Constitutional Development. From 2006 to 2009 he served as cluster Whip for Peace and Security,and he was responsible for the following Study Groups:Justice and Constitutional Development;Defense;Home Affairs;Foreign Affairs;Safety and Security;Correctional Services and Intelligence. In 2008 he was appointed Deputy Chief Whip of the African National Congress in the National Assembly until 2012. In 2010 he was appointed as a Chairperson of the Multiparty Committee on Members Interests. During the same period,he served in the following committees of Parliament:
He participated in the following Observer Missions:
In the year 2012 until 2017 he served as the Deputy Minister of the Department of Public Enterprises.
In 2014,he was appointed by President Zuma to serve in the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Council. He also serves on the Judicial Service Commission,where he is also a member of the subcommittee on rules.
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