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Minister of Arts & Culture



Zweledinga Pallo Jordan, Dr

Personal
  • Date of Birth: 22 May 1942
Current Positions
  • Minister of Arts and Culture of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004.
  • Member of the National Executive Council (NEC) and the National Working Committee (NWC) of African National Congress (ANC) since December 2007.

Academic Qualifications
  • Studied at the University of Wisconsin in the United States of America (USA) (1962).
  • Acquired a post-graduate degree from the London School of Economics.

Career/Positions/Memberships/Other Activities
  • Member of the research unit of the African National Congress (ANC) in its Department of Information and Publicity (1975).
  • Appointed head of Radio Freedom (1977).
  • Appointed director of the ANC's first internal mass propaganda campaign, "The Year of the Spear", marking the centenary of the Battle of the Isandhlwana of 1879 (1979).
  • Head of the ANC's research unit of the Department of Information and Publicity (1980).
  • Elected to the National Executive Committee (NEC)since 1985.
  • Served as administrative secretary of the NEC Secretariat (1985 - 1988).
  • Served on the NEC's Strategy and Tactics Committee as convenor (1985 - 1989).
  • Director of Information and Publicity (1989).
  • Served on the NEC's sub-committee on negotiations and the NEC's sub-committee on Constitutional Guidelines.
  • Returned to South Africa after the unbanning of the ANC (1990).
  • Member of Parliament in the National Assembly (1994 to date).
  • Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting (1996 - 1996).
  • Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (1996 - 1999).
  • Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Portfolio Committee (2002 - 2004).

Source: Ministry of Arts and Culture

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