Ismail Mahomed Cachalia

Not to be confused with Ismail Ahmed "Maulvi" Cachalia (1908–2003).
Ismail Mahomed Cachalia
Member of the National Assembly
In office
3 July 2001 – May 2009
ConstituencyGauteng
Personal details
Born (1929-12-20) 20 December 1929 (age 95)
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Children

Ismail Mahomed Cachalia (born December 20, 1929) is a retired South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2001 to 2009.[1] He also served an earlier partial term in the first democratic Parliament.

Legislative career

Cachalia was born on 20 December 1929.[2] He was first elected to the National Assembly in 1994, in South Africa's first post-apartheid elections,[3] but he resigned from his seat before the end of the legislative term.[4] He returned in the middle of the next legislative term, on 3 July 2001, when he was sworn in to fill the casual vacancy caused by Melanie Verwoerd's resignation.[5] He was elected to a full term in the seat in the 2004 general election, representing the Gauteng constituency,[2] and retired after the 2009 general election.

Personal life

He is a member of South Africa's politically illustrious Cachalia family: he is the father of Firoz Cachalia and Azhar Cachalia,[6] and he is also related to Ghaleb Cachalia.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Statement by Ismail Cachalia on Climate Change". ANC Parliamentary Caucus. 4 March 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Minutes of proceedings of the Constitutional Assembly" (PDF). Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. 24 May 1994. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  4. ^ Input, ANC (3 June 1998). "Members of the National Assembly". Parliament of South Africa. Archived from the original on 28 June 1998. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  5. ^ "The National Assembly List of Resinations and Nominations". Parliament of South Africa. 2 June 2002. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Azhar Cachalia". South African History Online. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  7. ^ Cachalia, Ismail (24 April 2016). "Ghaleb Cachalia's family are warning parties against using their history to win elections". The Daily Vox. Retrieved 16 May 2017.