Lulama Lennox Mvimbi is a South African politician, party member of the

African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a Social democracy, social-democratic political party in Republic of South Africa, South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when ...

and a

Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament In the Western Cape province of South Africa, Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) is the designation given to members of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament.{{cite web , url=http://www.wcpp.gov.za/content.aspx?pageId=f2264ae2-735f-4add-b532-33 ...

since 22 May 2019. He was the Mayor of the

Bitou Local Municipality Bitou Local Municipality ( af, Bitou Munisipaliteit; xh, uMasipala wase Bitou, formerly known as Plettenberg Bay Municipality) is a municipality part of Garden Route District Municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa ...

for two nonconsecutive terms, from 1995 to 1998 and again from 2006 to 2011, respectively. He also served as the Mayor of the

Eden District Municipality The Garden Route District Municipality ( af, Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit or ''Garden Route Distriksmunisipaliteit''; xh, uMasipala weSithili sase Garden Route; formerly known as the Eden District Municipality) is a district municipality loca ...

from 2003 to 2006. Mvimbi is the first African National Congress politician to hold the post of Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts in the

Western Cape Provincial Parliament The Western Cape Provincial Parliament (WCPP) is the legislature of the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located at 7 Wale Street in Cape Town. The Provincial Parliament, along with the other provincial legislatures of South Africa, e ...

Career

At the age of 22 in 1995, Mvimbi was elected Mayor of the

. He served as mayor until 1998. Following his first stint as Mayor, he went on to study at the

University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...

. Shortly after in 2000, he returned to the municipality and was elected a ward councillor for Kwanokuthula. He was elected Mayor of the Eden District Council in 2003 and served until 2006 when the

recruited Mvimbi to be the party's Bitou mayoral candidate ahead of the national municipal elections. He was elected Mayor and held the position until 2011. Mvimbi resigned as a PR municipal councillor in 2012. Mvimbi was elected to the

in May 2019. He took office as a Member on 22 May 2019. The governing Democratic Alliance announced that it had offered the post of Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts to the official opposition African National Congress. The ANC accepted the offer and nominated Mvimbi to head the committee. The Provincial Parliament confirmed him to the position on 4 June 2019.ANC's Lulama Mvimbi to head SCOPA in WPP - ANC WCape
Retrieved on 8 June 2019.

References

External links

People's Assembly profile

WCPP profile
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