Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
| Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma | |
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| Chair of the African Union Commission | |
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Assumed office 15 October 2012 |
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| Deputy | Erastus Mwencha |
| Preceded by | Jean Ping |
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
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In office 10 May 2009 – 3 October 2012 |
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| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula |
| Succeeded by | Naledi Pandor |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 14 June 1999 – 10 May 2009 |
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| President |
Thabo Mbeki Kgalema Motlanthe |
| Preceded by | Alfred Nzo |
| Succeeded by | Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (International Relations and Cooperation) |
| Minister of Health | |
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In office 10 May 1994 – 14 June 1999 |
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| President | Nelson Mandela |
| Preceded by | Rina Venter |
| Succeeded by | Manto Tshabalala-Msimang |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 January 1949 Natal, South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Jacob Zuma (1982–1998) |
| Alma mater |
University of Zululand University of Natal University of Bristol University of Liverpool |
Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma (born 27 January 1949) is a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist. She was South Africa's Minister of Health from 1994 to 1999, under President Nelson Mandela, then Minister of Foreign Affairs from 17 June 1999 to 10 May 2009, under presidents Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Motlanthe. She was moved to the position of Minister of Home Affairs in the Cabinet of President Jacob Zuma, her ex-husband, on 10 May 2009 a capacity in which she served until her resignation on 2 October 2012.
On 15 July 2012, Dlamini-Zuma was elected by the African Union Commission as its chairperson, making her the first woman to lead the organisation (including its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity). She took office on 15 October 2012. She has been tipped as a future leader of the African National Congress.
Dlamini-Zuma, a Zulu, was born in Natal, the eldest of eight children. She completed high school at the Amanzimtoti Training College in 1967. In 1971, she started her studies in Zoology and Botany at the University of Zululand, from where she obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Science (BSc). She subsequently started her medical studies at the University of Natal, completing medical studies, however, at the University of Bristol in the UK in 1978.
During her studies in the early 1970s, Dlamini-Zuma became an active underground member of South African Students Organisation (Student Wing For BCM as Influenced by Steve Biko) and was elected as its deputy president in 1976.
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