Nkhumeni "Khume" Ramulifho (born 27 February 1979) is a South African politician of the Democratic Alliance (DA), previously the party's Federal Youth Leader and a present member of the

Gauteng Provincial Legislature The Gauteng Provincial Legislature is the legislature of the South African province of Gauteng. It is a unicameral body of 73 members elected every five years. The current legislature, the sixth, was elected on 8 May 2019 and has an African Natio ...

for the party. Since October 2011, he is also the DA Gauteng South Chairperson.

Political career

Ramulifho joined the

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

(DP), the predecessor to the DA, in 1998 while still a student at the then Vaal Technikon, and spent the following years rising through the ranks of the party's youth movement.Matlala, George
The ‘garden boy’ who became a DA leader
''IOL – Sunday Independent'', 19 March 2012. Retrieved on 21 September 2019. After serving in various positions, he became the national leader of the DA Youth in 2008, a position he held until 2010. Ramulifho was elected to the

in 2009, and currently serves as DA's provincial spokesperson on education. He ran unsuccessfully for one of the three DA Deputy Federal Chairperson positions in 2010, but was instead elected as the Regional Chairperson of the DA in Gauteng South the following year. In March 2018, Ramulifho announced his candidacy for Deputy Chairperson of the Federal Council. He was not elected at the DA's elective congress. In October 2019, Ramulifho declared his candidacy for the post of interim Federal Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance after

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resigned. He lost to

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References

External links

Nkhumeni Ramulifho – People's Assembly
Living people Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians 1979 births Members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature {{Gauteng-politician-stub