Max Vuyisile Sisulu (born 23 August 1945
) is a South African politician who was
Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa
The Speaker of the National Assembly presides over the National Assembly of South Africa, the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa. The speaker is chosen from among the Members of the Assembly at its first sitting following a general ...
from 2009 to 2014. He was elected to the position on 6 May 2009, succeeding
Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde and becoming the first male post-apartheid speaker of the National Assembly. He is also the first Black male to become speaker.
Following the 2014 General Elections, Sisulu was replaced by
Baleka Mbete
Baleka Mbete (born 24 September 1949) is a South African politician who served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa from May 2014 to May 2019. She was previously Speaker of the National Assembly from 2004 to 2008, and Deputy ...
as Speaker of the National Assembly.
He is a member of the
African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election install ...
(ANC). Sisulu is the son of
Walter and
Albertina Sisulu
Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu ( Thethiwe; 21 October 1918 – 2 June 2011) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, and the wife of fellow activist Walter Sisulu (1912–2003). She was affectionately known as "Ma Sisulu" throughout her li ...
, both prominent
anti-apartheid activists in the ANC.
Education
Sisulu has been a member of the National Working Committee, a member of the Finance Commission and responsible for ANC economic transformation for 10 years. He holds a master's degree in economics from the
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
The Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (russian: Российский экономический университет имени Г. В. Плеханова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1907 by ent ...
in
Moscow
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and a master's degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard University
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. He participated in the prestigious Govan Mbeki Research Fellowship at the University of
Amsterdam
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References
Living people
African National Congress politicians
Xhosa people
Speakers of the National Assembly of South Africa
1945 births
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics alumni
Harvard Kennedy School alumni
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