Mpho Phalatse | |
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Mayor of Johannesburg | |
In office 26 October 2022 – 26 January 2023 | |
Preceded by | Dada Morero (disputed) |
Succeeded by | Thapelo Amad |
In office 22 November 2021 – 30 September 2022 | |
Preceded by | Mpho Moerane |
Succeeded by | Dada Morero (disputed) |
Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development of Johannesburg | |
In office 26 August 2016 – 27 November 2019 | |
Mayor | Herman Mashaba |
Member of the Johannesburg City Council | |
In office 22 August 2016 – 30 September 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Mpho Louisa Phalatse 7 November 1977 Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa |
Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Spouse(s) |
Brutus Malada
(m. 2022; div. 2024)Gerald Nxumalo (m. 2024) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | MEDUNSA (MBChB) |
Occupation |
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Mpho Louisa Phalatse[1] (born 7 November 1977) is a South African medical doctor and politician who was the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. A member of the Democratic Alliance, she served in the position from 22 November 2021 until her ousting in a motion of no-confidence on 26 January 2023. She is the first woman to serve as mayor of the metropolitan municipality, which was established in 2000. She is the first black woman to serve as mayor of the city of Johannesburg and only the second female mayor of the city after Jessie McPherson, who served from 1945 to 1946.
From 2016 to 2019, Phalatse had served as the member of the mayoral committee (MMC) in Johannesburg for Health and Social Development.