Kader Asmal

Kader Asmal
Minister of Education
In office
1999–2004
PresidentThabo Mbeki
Preceded bySibusiso Bengu
Succeeded byNaledi Pandor
Member of Parliament
In office
1994–2008[1]
Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry
In office
1994–1999
PresidentNelson Mandela
Preceded byMagnus Malan
Succeeded byRonnie Kasrils
Personal details
Born(1934-10-08)8 October 1934
Durban
Died22 June 2011(2011-06-22) (aged 76)
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Abdul Kader Asmal (8 October 1934 – 22 June 2011)[2] was a South African politician. He was a professor of human rights at the University of the Western Cape, chairman of the council of the University of the North and vice-president of the African Association of International Law. He was married to Louise Parkinson and had two sons.

He was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, received a doctorate Honoris Causa from Queen's University Belfast (1996) and was a laureate of the 2000 Stockholm Water Prize.

  1. ^ Uys, Stanley (23 June 2011). "Kader Asmal obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Kader Asmal, 76, Dies; Fought Apartheid". The New York Times. Associated Press. 24 June 2011.