Essop Pahad

Political Activist and Editor of The Thinker
Full Names
Essop Goolam Pahad
Date of Birth
21/06/1939

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In Brief

Former Minister in the Presidency: Republic of South Africa: 1999 - 2008. The former minister launched a new intellectual monthly journal in South Africa (in 2009), called The Thinker and with contributions by leading writers from India.

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Political Activist and Editor of The Thinker

Chairmanships

Chairman
Board of Trustees, South African Democracy Education Trust 
 
2000 
Chairman
Board of the South Africa/Mali Timbuktu Manuscripts Trust 
 
2003 

Current Positions

Council Member
Regional Command, African National Congress Political and Military Council 
London 
Member of Parliament
African National Congress: National Assembly 
 
1994
Member of the Board
South Africa 2010 World Cup Local Organising Committee 
 
2004

Previous Positions

Member of the Central Committee
South African Communist Party 
 
 
0
Executive Committee Member
Sec, Transvaal Indian Youth Congress 
 
1958 
1964
Executive Committee Member
Transvaal Indian Congress 
 
1962 
1964
Member
South African Communist Party Representative, Editorial Council of World Marxist Review 
 
1975 
1985
Member
African National Congress National Executive Committee 
 
1994 
2007
Parliamentary Councillor to the Deputy President
Republic of South Africa 
South Africa 
1994 
1996
Deputy Minister
Office of Executive Department President 
 
1996 
1999
Minister
Presidency 
 
1999 
2008

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