Fish Mahlalela | |
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Deputy Minister of Tourism | |
In office 29 May 2019 – 17 June 2024 | |
President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
Minister | Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane Lindiwe Sisulu Patricia de Lille |
Preceded by | Elizabeth Thabethe |
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 21 May 2014 – 28 May 2024 | |
Provincial Chairperson of the African National Congress in Mpumalanga | |
In office March 2002 – June 2005 | |
Deputy | William Lubisi |
Preceded by | Ndaweni Mahlangu |
Succeeded by | Thabang Makwetla |
Personal details | |
Born | Amos Fish Mahlalela 29 August 1962 Mbuzini, Eastern Transvaal South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress |
Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand |
Amos Fish Mahlalela (born 29 August 1962) is a South African politician from Mpumalanga. He has been the Deputy Minister of Tourism since May 2019 and has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly since May 2014. In June 2023, he was additionally elected as the Provincial Chairperson of the ANC Veterans' League in Mpumalanga.
A former anti-apartheid activist in Umkhonto we Sizwe, Mahlalela joined the government in 1994. Before returning to the National Assembly in 2014, he served in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature and held several positions in the Mpumalanga Executive Council. He was the Provincial Chairperson of the ANC's Mpumalanga branch from 2002 to 2005.