Ismail Mohamed | |
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| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office May 1994 – May 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 July 1930 Barkly East, Cape Province Union of South Africa |
| Died | 6 July 2013 (aged 82) |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Spouse |
Ellen Mohamed (m. 1959) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand Queen Mary College, University of London (PhD) |
| Thesis | On series of subgroups related to groups of automorphisms (1960) |
| Doctoral advisor | Kurt Hirsch |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Mathematics |
| Sub-discipline | Group theory |
| Notable ideas | Heineken-Mohamed groups |
Ismail Jacobus Mohamed (27 July 1930 – 6 July 2013) was a South African activist and mathematician. He represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2009.
Long associated with the University of the Witwatersrand, Mohamed was best known academically for his work in group theory, including his work on Heineken-Mohamed groups with Hermann Heineken. At the same time, he was a labour and anti-apartheid activist from the 1950s onwards, and he was a leading figure in the Non-European Unity Movement, the Transvaal Indian Congress, and the United Democratic Front in the former Transvaal. Between stints in universities abroad, he was a defendant in the Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial of 1985. Both for his political activism and his academic achievement, he was admitted posthumously to the Order of Mapungubwe in 2014.