Derek Hanekom
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The Honourable Derek Hanekom MP |
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Derek Hanekom during the 10th Plenary of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO-X) in Geneva.
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| Minister of Tourism | |
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In office 25 May 2014 – 30 March 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Marthinus Van Schalkwyk |
| Succeeded by | Tokozile Xasa |
| Minister of Science and Technology | |
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In office 4 October 2012 – 25 May 2014 |
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| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Naledi Pandor |
| Succeeded by | Naledi Pandor |
| Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs | |
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In office 1994–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Kraai van Niekerk |
| Succeeded by | Thoko Didiza |
| Personal details | |
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13 January 1953 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. Trish Hanekom |
| Relations | Braam Hanekom |
Derek Andre Hanekom (born 13 January 1953, Cape Town) is the former South African Minister of Tourism serving from 26 May 2014 to 30 March 2017. He previously served as Minister of Science and Technology from October 2012 - 2014. He was Deputy Minister of Science and Technology having served under the then-Presidents Kgalema Motlanthe and Thabo Mbeki, and current President Jacob Zuma in May 2009. He has a strong African National Congress (ANC) history having served three years in prison for the work he did for the ANC during apartheid, with his wife Dr. Trish Hanekom who served three years for her involvement.
He is also a former Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, having served under the Mandela administration. Hanekom's tenure as Minister of Land Affairs was reflective of his career in the anti-apartheid NGO sector and he was selected by former President Nelson Mandela partly because of his ability as an Afrikaner to negotiate with white landowners. Hanekom's tenure as minister was marked by an affinity for redistribution as opposed to retribution, and rights as opposed to property. Some have cited a strong contrast with his successor in the ministry during the Mbeki administration, Thoko Didiza.
Hanekom is a member of the ANC National Executive Committee - and has been since 1994 - and the NEC deployee to the Western Cape - the only province the ANC does not govern.
Hanekom was born in Cape Town, South Africa on 13 January 1953. He spent his school career in Cape Town, attending the German Primary School and then matriculating from prominent Afrikaans school, Jan van Riebeeck Secondary in 1970. Hanekom went on to complete his compulsory conscription in the South African Defence Force. Thereafter, Hanekom travelled abroad where he worked for various organisations including working on farms, factories and building sites. He then returned to South Africa in his early twenties where he continued farming. Working the land, Hanekom was a dairy, poultry, and vegetable farmer from 1978 - 1983.
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