Mantsheng Tsopo | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 21 May 2014 – 1 October 2014 | |
Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature | |
In office May 1994 – May 2014 | |
Member of the Free State Executive Council for Social Development | |
In office August 2007 – April 2009 | |
Premier | Beatrice Marshoff |
Preceded by | Zanele Dlungwana |
Succeeded by | Sisi Ntombela |
Member of the Free State Executive Council for Education | |
In office May 2004 – August 2007 | |
Premier | Beatrice Marshoff |
Preceded by | Papi Kganare |
Succeeded by | Casca Mokitlane |
Member of the Free State Executive Council for Health | |
In office May 1999 – May 2004 | |
Premier | Winkie Direko |
Succeeded by | Sakhiwo Belot |
Personal details | |
Born | Hennenman, Orange Free State South Africa | 1 September 1962
Died | 1 January 2017 Welkom, Free State South Africa | (aged 54)
Political party | African National Congress |
Nickname | Ouma |
Mantsheng Anna "Ouma" Tsopo (1 September 1962 – 1 January 2017) was a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Free State Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 2014. Between 1994 and 2009, she served almost continuously in the Free State Executive Council and held several different portfolios, including as the Free State's inaugural Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Local Government and Housing from 1994.
After the 2009 general election, Tsopo left the Executive Council but remained in the provincial legislature, where she served as Deputy Speaker, as acting Speaker, and then, from June 2013, as Speaker. In the 2014 general election, she was elected to a seat in the National Assembly, but she resigned from Parliament several months later in October 2014. She was a teacher by profession and a regional leader in the ANC Women's League.