Richard Baloyi | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 14 June 1999 – 10 July 2013 | |
| Constituency | Limpopo (1999–2009) |
| Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | |
| In office 24 October 2011 – 9 July 2013 | |
| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Deputy | Yunus Carrim |
| Preceded by | Sicelo Shiceka |
| Succeeded by | Lech Tsenoli |
| Minister of Public Service and Administration | |
| In office 25 September 2008 – 24 October 2011 | |
| President | Jacob Zuma Kgalema Motlanthe |
| Deputy | Ayanda Dlodlo Roy Padayachie |
| Preceded by | Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi |
| Succeeded by | Roy Padayachie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 December 1958 Shawela, Transvaal Union of South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Alma mater | University of the North |
Masenyani Richard Baloyi (born 25 December 1958) is a South African politician from Limpopo. He was the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from October 2011 to July 2013 and, before that, the Minister of Public Service and Administration from September 2008 to October 2011. He represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa between 1999 and 2013.
Baloyi joined the national executive in 2008 as a member of the cabinet of President Kgalema Motlanthe, and he was retained in the first-term cabinet of President Jacob Zuma. After Zuma sacked him from the cabinet in July 2013, Baloyi resigned from the National Assembly; he went on to serve as Zuma's Ambassador to the Republic of Congo between March 2014 and June 2018.