Ravi Pillay | |
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KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs | |
In office 17 November 2020 –9 August 2022 | |
Premier | Sihle Zikalala |
Preceded by | Nomusa Dube-Ncube |
Succeeded by | Siboniso Duma [1] |
KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Finance | |
In office 27 May 2019 –17 November 2020 | |
Premier | Sihle Zikalala |
Preceded by | Belinda Scott |
Succeeded by | Nomusa Dube-Ncube |
KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Human Settlements and Public Works | |
In office 15 November 2011 –27 May 2019 | |
Premier | Willies Mchunu Senzo Mchunu Zweli Mkhize |
Preceded by | Maggie Govender |
Succeeded by | Peggy Nkonyeni |
Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature | |
In office 6 May 2009 –9 August 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ravigasen Ranganathan Pillay 18 November 1958 Port Shepstone,Natal Province |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | African National Congress |
Alma mater | University of Durban-Westville |
Profession | Attorney Politician |
Ravigasen Ranganathan "Ravi" Pillay (born 18 November 1958) is a South African attorney and African National Congress (ANC) politician who served as the Member of the Executive Council for Economic Development,Tourism and Environmental Affairs in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government from November 2020 until August 2022. He was the MEC for Finance from May 2019 to November 2020 and the MEC for Human Settlements and Public Works from 2011 to 2019. Pillay was elected to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature in 2009 and served as the legislature's chief whip of the majority party from 2009 to 2011.
Pillay was born on 18 November 1958 in Port Shepstone in the Natal Province. He studied at the University of Durban-Westville and obtained both a BA degree and an LLB degree. He was a student activist at the university and joined the ANC in 1981. [2]
After apartheid,Pillay became the inaugural speaker of the Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality and was later promoted to be speaker of the Ugu District Municipality. [2]
Pillay was elected as an MPL in May 2009. He was then appointed the chief whip of the ANC caucus in the legislature. Later,in November 2011,he was appointed as the MEC for Human Settlements and Public Works. He served in the post under three premiers from 2011 to 2019:Zweli Mkhize,Senzo Mchunu and Willies Mchunu. [3] [4] [5]
Pillay was appointed acting premier in March 2018,becoming the first Indian South African to hold the post. He had since been acting premier on multiple occasions. [6]
In May 2019,Pillay became the MEC for Finance in the cabinet of Sihle Zikalala. He took over from Belinda Scott,who left the provincial government. [7] Pillay was appointed as the MEC for Economic Development,Tourism and Environmental Affairs in November 2020,replacing Nomusa Dube-Ncube. [8]
On 9 August 2022,Pillay resigned from the provincial government and the provincial legislature. [9] [10]
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