Pali Lehohla
Pali Lehohla former Statistician-General of South Africa | |
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| Statistician-General of South Africa | |
| In office 1 March 2000 – 1 March 2017 | |
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Succeeded by | Risenga Maluleke |
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| Born | Pali Lehohla 1 February 1963 |
| Nationality | South African |
| Political party | African National Congress |
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Pali Lehohla (born 27 September 1957) is a South African analyst and public educator who was the former Statistician-General of South Africa[1][2][3][4] from 2000 and the chair of Africa Symposium for Statistical Development (ASSD). He previously served as chair of the United Nations Statistics Commission, as well as Chair of Statistics Commission Africa.[5]
Early life and education
[edit]Lehohla was born on 27 of September 1957. He has an honorary doctorate from the University of Stellenbosch, Certificate of Toponymy from University of Pretoria and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Lesotho.[3][6] In the early 1990s, he worked with United Nations Statistics Commission and chair for the Sub-Group on Harmonization of Statistics in Africa, as well as the chief advisor to the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MOC) of the 2008 Population and Housing Census of Sudan.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Bateman, Barry. "Risenga Maluleke appointed new statistician-general". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "New Statistician-General and Head of Statistics South Africa is appointed". www.statssa.gov.za. October 20, 2017. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ a b "Pali Lehohla | OPHI". ophi.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ Meintjies, Ilze-Marie. "'Next statistician-general must have good understanding of SA landscape'". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ Lehohla, P.; Fleck, F. (2015-07-01). "Tracking progress to 2030". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 93 (7): 444–445. doi:10.2471/BLT.15.030715. ISSN 0042-9686. PMC 4490820. PMID 26170501.
- ^ "Profile Interview: Dr Pali Lehohla".
- ^ "Pali Lehohla". Jozi Book Fair. 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2023-11-16.