Ismail Mahomed Cachalia

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Ismail Mahomed Cachalia
Member of the National Assembly
In office
3 July 2001 –May 2009

Ismail Mahomed Cachalia (born December 20, 1929) is a retired South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2001 to 2009. [1] He also served an earlier partial term in the first democratic Parliament.

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Legislative career

Cachalia was born on 20 December 1929. [2] He was first elected to the National Assembly in 1994, in South Africa's first post-apartheid elections, [3] but he resigned from his seat before the end of the legislative term. [4] He returned in the middle of the next legislative term, on 3 July 2001, when he was sworn in to fill the casual vacancy caused by Melanie Verwoerd's resignation. [5] He was elected to a full term in the seat in the 2004 general election, representing the Gauteng constituency, [2] and retired after the 2009 general election.

Personal life

He is a member of South Africa's politically illustrious Cachalia family: he is the father of Firoz Cachalia and Azhar Cachalia, [6] and he is also related to Ghaleb Cachalia. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Statement by Ismail Cachalia on Climate Change". ANC Parliamentary Caucus. 4 March 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa . Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Minutes of proceedings of the Constitutional Assembly" (PDF). Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. 24 May 1994. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Input, ANC (3 June 1998). "Members of the National Assembly". Parliament of South Africa. Archived from the original on 28 June 1998. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "The National Assembly List of Resinations and Nominations". Parliament of South Africa. 2 June 2002. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Azhar Cachalia". South African History Online. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  7. ↑ Cachalia, Ismail (24 April 2016). "Ghaleb Cachalia's family are warning parties against using their history to win elections". The Daily Vox. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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