Mohammed Valli Moosa (born 8 February 1957 in
Johannesburg
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) is a retired
South Africa
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n politician who was active in the
United Democratic Front.
Political career
In the early 1990s, he participated for the
ANC
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 ...
in the
negotiations to end apartheid. In the government of national unity, he was Deputy Minister for Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development (1994–1996), after the exodus of the
National Party he became Minister in this department.
In 1999, he took office as the Environment and Tourism Minister of
South Africa
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. In this position, he has worked to raise awareness of the problem of household
litter
Litter consists of waste products that have been discarded incorrectly, without consent, at an unsuitable location. Litter can also be used as a verb; to litter means to drop and leave objects, often man-made, such as aluminum cans, paper cups ...
, jokingly naming
plastic shopping bag
Plastic shopping bags, carrier bags, or plastic grocery bags are a type of plastic bag used as shopping bags and made from various kinds of plastic. In use by consumers worldwide since the 1960s, these bags are sometimes called single-use bags, ...
s the "national flower" and pushing to introduce a minimum legal thickness of 30 micrometres to increase their cost, reusability, and recyclability.
Corporate and civil society involvement
He was elected President of IUCN – the
World Conservation Union
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...
at the 3rd World Conservation Congress in
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...
in November 2004. He was also the non-executive chairman of
Eskom
Eskom Hld SOC Ltd or Eskom is a South African electricity public utility. It was established in 1923 as the Electricity Supply Commission (ESCOM) and was also known by its Afrikaans name Elektrisiteitsvoorsieningskommissie (EVKOM). Eskom repre ...
and
Sun International.
In April 2013, he was appointed the independent non-executive chairman of
Anglo American Platinum.
In December 2020, he was appointed as Deputy Chairperson of the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC). The PCC is a multi-lateral organisation in South Africa that advises on climate change policies that would enable a
just transition to a low-carbon economy and society.
References
External links
African National Congress profile of Mohammed Valli Moosa
1957 births
Living people
African National Congress politicians
Members of the National Assembly of South Africa
Government ministers of South Africa
People from Johannesburg
Presidents of the International Union for Conservation of Nature
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