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Baleka Mbete

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Baleka Mbete (born 24 September 1949) is a South African politician who was the Deputy President of South Africa from September 2008 to May 2009. She was also the Speaker of the National Assembly for two non-consecutive terms from 2004 to 2008 and from 2014 to 2019. She also served as Deputy Speaker between 1996 and 2004. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she was first elected to the National Assembly in 1994 and stepped down from her seat in 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Baleka Mbete is the 16,862nd most popular politician (up from 17,018th in 2024), the 188th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 196th in 2019) and the 47th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Baleka Mbete ranks 16,858 out of 19,576. Before her are Sabri Boukadoum, and Terry Branstad. After her are Sonny Perdue, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Mike Moore, George Ariyoshi, Howard Baker, Jesse Jackson Jr., José Ramón Rodil, 1st Marquess of Rodil, Sheikh Abdullah, Gonzalo Córdova, and Errol Barrow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Baleka Mbete ranks 630. Before her are Michael D. Griffin, Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye, Hans Lutz, Henryk Wieczorek, Kazimierz Lipień, and Dave Gibbons. After her are Mike Moore, Natalya Sokolova, John Curry, Jenny Lamy, Giuseppe Sabadini, and Anne-Marie Lizin.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Baleka Mbete ranks 188 out of 454. Before her are Gordon Hodgson (1904), Clarence Walker (1898), Richard Borcherds (1959), Clarence Oldfield (1899), Eddie Kramer (1942), and Grace Mugabe (1965). After her are Enoch Sontonga (1873), Eddie Keizan (1944), Albertina Sisulu (1918), Paddy Driver (1934), Robert Fowler (1931), and Cariba Heine (1988).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Baleka Mbete ranks 47. Before her are Ruth First (1925), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Pik Botha (1932), Ahmed Kathrada (1929), Ted Moore (1914), and Grace Mugabe (1965). After her are Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955), Thomas François Burgers (1834), Helen Zille (1951), Mzilikazi (1790), Sol Plaatje (1876), and Govan Mbeki (1910).

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