Jessie Duarte | |
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 Duarte at the 2019 election manifesto launch | |
| Acting Secretary-General of the African National Congress | |
| In office 3 May 2021 – 17 July 2022 Serving with Paul Mashatile (19 January 2022) | |
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Preceded by | Ace Magashule |
| Succeeded by | Paul Mashatile (acting solely) |
| Deputy Secretary-General of the African National Congress | |
| In office 18 December 2012 – 17 July 2022 | |
| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Secretary-General | Gwede Mantashe Ace Magashule (suspended) |
| Preceded by | Thandi Modise |
| National Spokesperson of the African National Congress | |
| In office 2003 – February 2009 | |
| President | Nelson Mandela Thabo Mbeki Jacob Zuma |
| Succeeded by | Carl Niehaus |
| Ambassador of South Africa to Mozambique | |
| In office 1999–2003 | |
| President | Nelson Mandela Thabo Mbeki |
| Succeeded by | Thandi Lujabe-Rankoe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yasmin Dangor 19 September 1953 Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa |
| Died | 17 July 2022 (aged 68) Johannesburg, Gauteng, Republic of South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
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| Profession | Management accountant |
Yasmin "Jessie" Duarte (née Dangor; 19 September 1953 – 17 July 2022) was a South African politician and acting secretary-general of the African National Congress. A longtime anti-apartheid activist, she served variously as a special assistant to Nelson Mandela, a member of the provincial cabinet (MEC) for Gauteng, as ambassador to Mozambique, and as spokesperson for the ANC, before assuming her post as Deputy Secretary-General of the ANC in 2012, until her death on 17 July 2022.