Mmusi Maimane
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The Honourable Mmusi Maimane MP |
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| Leader of the Opposition | |
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Assumed office 6 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Lindiwe Mazibuko |
| Leader of the Democratic Alliance | |
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Assumed office 10 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Helen Zille |
| National Spokesperson of the Democratic Alliance | |
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In office November 2011 – May 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Lindiwe Mazibuko |
| Succeeded by | Phumzile van Damme |
| Deputy Federal Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance | |
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In office November 2012 – May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Dianne Kohler Barnard |
| Personal details | |
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6 June 1980 Krugersdorp, Transvaal Province, South Africa |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance |
| Spouse(s) | Natalie Maimane (m. 2005) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | Ethel Maimane Simon Maimane |
| Residence | Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Evangelicalism |
| Website | www |
Mmusi Aloysias Maimane (born 6 June 1980) is a South African politician, the leader of South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) political party since 10 May 2015, and the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of South Africa since 29 May 2014. He is the former leader of the DA in the Johannesburg City Council and the former DA National Spokesperson. His rise to national prominence began in 2011, when he was elected to be the DA's Johannesburg mayoral candidate in the 2011 municipal elections. In that election, Maimane helped to grow the party's voter base considerably, but was not elected Mayor. Thereafter he served as Leader of the Official Opposition on the Johannesburg City Council until May 2014. In addition to his political career, he is also a pastor and elder of the deeply conservative Liberty Church.
Maimane was born on 6 June 1980, at the Leratong Hospital in Krugersdorp, Gauteng. His mother, Ethel Maimane, grew up in Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape, and is of Xhosa ancestry in the Sidloyi clan. His father, Simon Maimane, was born in Soweto in Gauteng, and is of Tswana ancestry in the Bafokeng clan. His parents met in 1977 and were married by 1980 in Dobsonville, Soweto, Gauteng.
Maimane grew up in Soweto, and attended Allen Glen High School, where he matriculated in 1997. Maimane graduated from the University of South Africa (BA Psychology), the University of the Witwatersrand (Masters in Public Administration), and Bangor University, Wales (Masters in Theology). While studying for his Masters in Public Administration, Maimane served as Class Co-ordinator at the University of the Witwatersrand.
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