William Lubisi

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Sipho William Lubisi is a South African politician who served two terms as Speaker of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature from 1998 to 2004 and from 2009 to 2014. [1] Between those terms, he served in the Executive Council of Mpumalanga as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Health and Social Development (2004–2005, 2007–2008) [2] [3] [4] and MEC for Economic Development and Planning (2005–2007) [5] before he was fired by Premier Thabang Makwetla in May 2008. [6] He was also active in the senior ranks of the Mpumalanga branch of his political party, the African National Congress (ANC). [7] [8] [9] [10]

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