Gerald Mlungisi Mvoko (born 2 May 1959) is a South African businessman and politician serving as the Eastern Cape MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Environmental Affairs since May 2019. He has been a Member of the

Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature The Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of Eastern Cape. It is unicameral in its composition, and elects the premier and the provincial cabinet from among the members of the leading par ...

since February 2018. Mvoko is the deputy provincial chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC). He held two posts in the province's Executive Council before being appointed to his current position.

Early life

Mvoko hails from Somerset East in the

Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha. The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...

. He studied to be an educator. He worked for the New Education South Africa organisation and formed part of the establishment of the

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in the 1990s.

Political career

Mvoko was the chair of the ANC Sarah Baartman branch for three terms. He was first elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2012 and 2015. He served two terms as mayor of the

Cacadu District Municipality Sarah Baartman District Municipality (formerly Cacadu District Municipality) is situated in the western part of the Eastern Cape province, covering an area of 58 242 square kilometres. The area of the district municipality includes seven local m ...

until 2011. During this time, Mvoko was also the CEO of the Cacadu Development Agency. In October 2017, he was elected, the deputy provincial chairperson of the ANC, succeeding

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. In February 2018, Mvoko and ANC provincial chairperson Oscar Mabuyane were sworn in as Members of the

. The provincial ANC structure recommended that he be appointed to the provincial cabinet as the MEC for Finance. Incumbent Premier

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reshuffled his executive in May 2018, in which he appointed Mvoko as the MEC for Human Settlements. He served until November when Masualle made him the MEC for Education. Mvoko held the post for just over sixth months as newly elected Premier Mabuyane selected him to be the MEC for Finance in May 2019. On 9 May 2022, Mvoko was re-elected to a second term as the deputy provincial chairperson of the ANC.

Personal life

On 19 June 2020, Mvoko and his wife, Balise, tested positive for COVID-19.

References

External links

Mr Gerald Mlungisi Mvoko – People's Assembly
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