Farida Mahomed
Farida Mahomed | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 15 August 2013 – May 2014 | |
| Constituency | Gauteng |
| In office May 1996 – May 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 February 1955 |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Farida Mahomed (born 2 February 1955) is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) as a backbencher in the National Assembly from 1996 to 2009 and later from 2013 to 2014.
Early life
[edit]Mahomed was born on 2 February 1955.[1]
Legislative career
[edit]Mahomed was not initially elected to Parliament in the 1994 general election,[2] but she joined the caucus during the legislative term, in 1996, to fill a casual vacancy.[3] She served three consecutive terms in the seat, gaining election to full terms in 1999[1] and 2004.[4] She was a member of the project committee on Muslim personal law established by the Law Commission to draft the Muslim Marriages Bill.[5]
In the 2009 general election, Mahomed was not initially re-elected to her seat. However, she returned on 15 August 2013, when she was sworn in to the assembly to fill the casual vacancy arising from Loretta Jacobus's resignation.[6] In the general election the next year, she was ranked 35th on the ANC's regional party list for Gauteng and she again lost her seat.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ South Africa: Campaign and Election Report April 26–29, 1994. International Republican Institute. 1994. Retrieved 13 April 2023 – via Yumpu.
- ^ "Members of the National Assembly". Parliament of South Africa. 3 June 1998. Archived from the original on 28 June 1998. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ Mitchell, Eve Mullen, Gordon; Mitchell, Gordon (2002). Religion and the Political Imagination in a Changing South Africa. Waxmann Verlag. p. 128. ISBN 978-3-8309-6148-2.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Members of the National Assembly". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Farida Mahomed". People's Assembly. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
External links
[edit]- Farida Mahomed at People's Assembly
- Living people
- 1955 births
- African National Congress politicians
- 21st-century South African women politicians
- 20th-century South African women politicians
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 1994–1999
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 1999–2004
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2004–2009
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2009–2014
- Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa