Jessie Duarte

Jessie Duarte
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)
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
Preceded byAce Magashule
Succeeded byPaul Mashatile
(acting solely)
Deputy Secretary-General of the African National Congress
In office
18 December 2012 – 17 July 2022
PresidentJacob Zuma
Secretary-GeneralGwede Mantashe
Ace Magashule (suspended)
Preceded byThandi Modise
National Spokesperson of the African National Congress
In office
2003 – February 2009
PresidentNelson Mandela
Thabo Mbeki
Jacob Zuma
Succeeded byCarl Niehaus
Ambassador of South Africa to Mozambique
In office
1999–2003
PresidentNelson Mandela
Thabo Mbeki
Succeeded byThandi Lujabe-Rankoe
Personal details
Born
Yasmin Dangor

(1953-09-19)19 September 1953
Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Died17 July 2022(2022-07-17) (aged 68)
Johannesburg, Gauteng, Republic of South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Occupation
  • Politician
  • diplomat
  • civil servant
  • anti-apartheid activist
ProfessionManagement 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.