Russel Cebekhulu

Russel Cebekhulu
MP
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 August 2015
In office
6 May 2009 – 6 May 2014
Personal details
Born
Russel Nsikayezwe Cebekhulu
NationalitySouth African
Political partyInkatha Freedom Party
ProfessionPolitician

Russel Nsikayezwe Cebekhulu is a South African politician who has been an Inkatha Freedom Party Member of Parliament (MP) since 2015 and previously from 2009 to 2014.

Parliamentary career

In 2009, Cebekhulu was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa as a member of the Inkatha Freedom Party.[1][2] During the 2009–2014 parliament, he served on the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Rural Development and Land Reform.[3] Cebekhulu was placed low on the IFP's regional list for the 2014, meaning that he didn't return to parliament immediately after the election.[4]

On 4 August 2015, Cebekhulu returned to the National Assembly as a replacement for Alfred Mpontshane.[3] He then became a member of the following committees: tourism, cooperative governance and traditional affairs, Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence, water and sanitation, and defence and military veterans.[5]

In 2019, Cebekhulu stood for re-election at second on the IFP's KwaZulu-Natal regional list.[6] He was re-elected at the election.[7] He is currently a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence, the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development and the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring & Evaluation. He is also an alternate member of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans.[5]

Cebekhulu was re-elected to the National Assembly at the 2024 general election.[8]

References

  1. ^ "List of national assembly MPs". Politicsweb. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Smaller parties' MPs elected to national assembly on April 22". Politicsweb. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "IFP WELCOMES NEW MP". Inkatha Freedom Party. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Candidates for the 2014 national election KwaZulu-Natal". People's Assembly. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Russel Nsikayezwe Cebekhulu". People's Assembly. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Candidates for the 2019 national election KwaZulu-Natal". People's Assembly. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. ^ "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  8. ^ "The 400 MPs elected to the National Assembly - IEC - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 12 June 2024.