Kisten Rajoo

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Kisten Rajoo
Member of the National Assembly
In office
9 May 1994 1 August 2000
Personal details
Born (1940-02-04) 4 February 1940 (age 83)
Citizenship South Africa
Political party Inkatha Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations
National Party
Solidarity

Kisten Rajoo (born 4 February 1940) [1] is a South African politician and businessman. He represented the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2000, and before that he served in the apartheid-era House of Delegates.

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House of Delegates

During apartheid, Rajoo served in the House of Delegates, the Indian house of the Tricameral Parliament. He served variously as an independent, a member of Solidarity, and, for a period of weeks, a member of the National Party. [2] He also served a term as the Minister of Indian Education and Culture. [3]

National Assembly

Rajoo served two terms in an IFP seat in the National Assembly, gaining election in 1994 [4] and 1999. [1] He vacated his seat on 1 August 2000 and was replaced by Maxwell Sibiya. [5]

Somewhat controversially, he retained business interests in the casino sector even while serving as a member of Parliament's Ad Hoc Committee on Gambling and Lotteries Legislation. [6] He gave up his seat in the committee when required to do so by new legislation in 1996. [7] He later served in the Portfolio Committee on Minerals and Energy. [6]

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