Luwellyn Landers | |
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Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation | |
In office 26 May 2014 – 7 May 2019 Serving with Nomaindia Mfeketo and Reginah Mhaule | |
President | Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa |
Minister | Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Lindiwe Sisulu |
Preceded by | Marius Fransman Ebrahim Ebrahim |
Succeeded by | Alvin Botes Candith Mashego-Dlamini |
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 9 May 1994 – 7 May 2019 | |
Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development | |
In office 2010–2014 | |
Preceded by | Ngoako Ramatlhodi |
Succeeded by | Mathole Motshekga |
Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests | |
In office 2002–2010 Serving with Buoang Mashile (since 2009) | |
Preceded by | Sister Bernard Ncube |
Succeeded by | Ben Turok |
Personal details | |
Born | Luwellyn Tyrone Landers 28 December 1947 Natal, Union of South Africa |
Died | November 2023 (aged 75) |
Political party | African National Congress (since September 1993) |
Other political affiliations | Labour Party (1984–1993) |
Alma mater | University of South Africa |
Luwellyn Tyrone Landers (28 December 1947 – November 2023) was a South African politician who was the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation between May 2014 and May 2019. He represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa from May 1994 to May 2019.
Born in Natal Province, Landers represented the Labour Party in the apartheid-era Tricameral Parliament. He also served as a deputy minister in the government of President P. W. Botha. In September 1993, he defected to the ANC, and he was elected to an ANC seat in the post-apartheid Parliament in 1994.
Before he joined the national executive in 2014, Landers was the second chairperson of the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests between 2002 and 2010 and the fourth chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development between 2010 and 2014.