Maliyakhe Shelembe

South African politician

Maliyakhe Shelembe MP

Shadow Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
In office 5 June 2019 – 14 June 2024
Leader	Mmusi Maimane John Steenhuisen
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2019
In office 21 May 2014 – 16 April 2019

Personal details
Nationality	South African
Political party	Democratic Alliance
Other political affiliations	National Freedom Party Inkatha Freedom Party

Maliyakhe Lymon Shelembe is a South African politician. Shelembe was an Inkatha Freedom Party member until 2011. He was elected to the National Assembly in 2014 as a member of the National Freedom Party. Shelembe became a Democratic Alliance MP after the 2019 elections.

Political career

He was elected as a ward councillor for the Inkatha Freedom Party in 2001.^[1] Later that year, he was elected Deputy Mayor of the Umtshezi Local Municipality.^[1] He eventually became mayor of the municipality.^[1]

The African National Congress won control of the municipality in 2004 and Shelembe became an ordinary council member. In 2007, he returned to the position of mayor.^[2] In 2011, he joined the newly created National Freedom Party and was elected as deputy mayor of the Uthukela District Municipality after that year's municipal elections.^[2] He was elected the party's national chairperson in December 2011.^[3]^[4]

Shelembe was elected to the National Assembly in 2014.^[5] In March 2019, he became a member of the Democratic Alliance and returned to parliament after the general elections in May that year.^[6]^[7] In June 2019, he was appointed as shadow deputy minister of Defence and Military Veterans.^[8] Shelembe remained in the position following John Steenhuisen's election as parliamentary leader.^[9]

Shelembe was re-elected to the National Assembly in the 2024 general election.^[10]

References

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^ ^a ^b Maimane, Mmusi. "DA welcomes two former NFP MP's to the most diverse party in SA". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
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^ "The 400 MPs elected to the National Assembly - IEC - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 9 July 2024.