Maliyakhe Shelembe
Shadow Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
Assumed office
5 June 2019
LeaderMmusi Maimane
John Steenhuisen
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
22 May 2019
In office
21 May 2014 – 16 April 2019
Personal details
NationalitySouth African
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
Other political
affiliations		National Freedom Party
Inkatha Freedom Party

Maliyakhe Lymon Shelembe is a South African politician. Shelembe was an Inkatha Freedom Party member until 2011. He was elected to the National Assembly in 2014 as a member of the National Freedom Party. Shelembe became a Democratic Alliance MP after the 2019 elections.

Political career

He was elected as a ward councillor for the Inkatha Freedom Party in 2001.[1] Later that year, he was elected Deputy Mayor of the Umtshezi Local Municipality.[1] He eventually became mayor of the municipality.[1]

The African National Congress won control of the municipality in 2004 and Shelembe became an ordinary council member. In 2007, he returned to the position of mayor.[2] In 2011, he joined the newly created National Freedom Party and was elected as deputy mayor of the Uthukela District Municipality after that year's municipal elections.[2] He was elected the party's national chairperson in December 2011.[3][4]

Shelembe was elected to the National Assembly in 2014.[5] In March 2019, he became a member of the Democratic Alliance and returned to parliament after the general elections in May that year.[6][7] In June 2019, he was appointed as shadow deputy minister of Defence and Military Veterans.[8] Shelembe remained in the position following John Steenhuisen's election as parliamentary leader.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mr Maliyakhe Lymon Shelembe". People's Assembly. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b Maimane, Mmusi. "DA welcomes two former NFP MP's to the most diverse party in SA". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Barbs traded as NFP, IFP elect leaders". News24. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. ^ Hans, Bongani (5 December 2011). "NFP leader warns IFP's Buthelezi". IOL. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  5. ^ "2014 elections: List of MPs from smaller parties elected to NA". Politicsweb. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Two NFP members jump ship to join DA". SABC News. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Diverse, youthful and competent DA caucus ready to build One South Africa for All". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  8. ^ Gerber, Jan (5 June 2019). "Here's the DA's 'shadow cabinet'". News24. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  9. ^ Mazzone, Natasha (5 December 2020). "DA announces new Shadow Cabinet that will bring Real Hope and Real Change". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

External links

Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of South Africa
Current members of the National Assembly of South Africa by party
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