Prof. Wilmot James | |
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| Shadow Minister of Health | |
| In office 2014 – 1 June 2017 | |
| Leader | Helen Zille |
| Preceded by | Patricia Kopane |
| Succeeded by | Patricia Kopane |
| Shadow Minister of Trade and Industry | |
| In office 2012–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Tim Harris |
| Succeeded by | Geordin Hill-Lewis |
| Shadow Minister of Basic Education | |
| In office 1 September 2010 – 1 February 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Junita Kloppers-Lourens |
| Succeeded by | Annette Lovemore |
| Member of Parliament for Western Cape | |
| In office 6 May 2009 – 1 June 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 July 1953 Paarl, Cape Province, Union of South Africa |
| Spouse | Delecia Forbes |
| Children | Gabriele James, Isabella James |
| Alma mater | University of the Western Cape, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Yale University, California Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | University Professor |
| Profession | Sociologist |
Wilmot Godfrey James (born 5 July 1953) is a South African academic who served as the country's opposition spokesperson of health and Member of Parliament for the opposition Democratic Alliance.[1] His constituencies were Mitchells Plain and Rondebosch. He was elected the party's Federal Chairperson between 2010 and 2015. Dr. James contested for the post of party leader in 2016, but lost the election to Mmusi Maimane. James served as director of Sanlam, Media24 and the Africa Genome Education Institute, and was chairperson of the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra and the Immigration Advisory Board of South Africa. He is also a former Trustee of the Ford Foundation of New York. He currently is Professor of Health Policy, Services and Practice and serves as a Senior Advisor to the Pandemic Center, School of Public Health at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. He previously served as a Senior Research Scholar at the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy in the College of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University in New York City.
- ^ "National List MPs" (PDF).