Albertina Luthuli | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 2 April 2001 – 1 May 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Groutville, Natal Province Union of South Africa | 14 March 1932
Political party | African National Congress |
Relations | Albert Luthuli (father) |
Alma mater | University of Natal ( MBChB) |
Albertina Nomathuli Luthuli (born 14 March 1932) is a South African politician and medical doctor who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2011. Before that, she served in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature. She is the eldest daughter of ANC stalwart Albert Luthuli.
Luthuli was born on 14 March 1932 [1] in Groutville in the former Natal Province. She was the second of seven children born to Albert Luthuli, an ANC stalwart and ultimately a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate who died when he was struck by a train in 1967. [2] She attended Adams College and matriculated at St Francis College before enrolling at the University of Natal, where she completed an MBChB. [3]
From 1971 to 1991, during the height of apartheid, she lived in exile in Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and the United Kingdom. [4] When she returned to South Africa in 1991, she opened a medical practice in Natal. [3] [5]
After the end of apartheid in 1994, Luthuli represented the ANC in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature. [4] [5] On 2 April 2001, she was sworn in to the National Assembly to fill a casual vacancy in the ANC's KwaZulu-Natal caucus. [6] In the 2004 general election, she was elected to a full term in the seat. [7] [8] She was re-elected in 2009 but resigned on 1 May 2011; her seat was filled by Duduzile Sibiya. [9]
Luthuli lives in her hometown of Groutville. [1] In 2016, she was publicly critical of President Jacob Zuma; she was one of 100 ANC stalwarts who signed an open letter calling for reform in the ANC [10] and she attended several civil society events which protested against decisions of Zuma's administration. [11] [12] She has also called publicly for another inquest into the circumstances of her father's death. [5] [1]
Albertina Luthuli | |
---|---|
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 2 April 2001 – 1 May 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Groutville, Natal Province Union of South Africa | 14 March 1932
Political party | African National Congress |
Relations | Albert Luthuli (father) |
Alma mater | University of Natal ( MBChB) |
Albertina Nomathuli Luthuli (born 14 March 1932) is a South African politician and medical doctor who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2011. Before that, she served in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature. She is the eldest daughter of ANC stalwart Albert Luthuli.
Luthuli was born on 14 March 1932 [1] in Groutville in the former Natal Province. She was the second of seven children born to Albert Luthuli, an ANC stalwart and ultimately a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate who died when he was struck by a train in 1967. [2] She attended Adams College and matriculated at St Francis College before enrolling at the University of Natal, where she completed an MBChB. [3]
From 1971 to 1991, during the height of apartheid, she lived in exile in Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and the United Kingdom. [4] When she returned to South Africa in 1991, she opened a medical practice in Natal. [3] [5]
After the end of apartheid in 1994, Luthuli represented the ANC in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature. [4] [5] On 2 April 2001, she was sworn in to the National Assembly to fill a casual vacancy in the ANC's KwaZulu-Natal caucus. [6] In the 2004 general election, she was elected to a full term in the seat. [7] [8] She was re-elected in 2009 but resigned on 1 May 2011; her seat was filled by Duduzile Sibiya. [9]
Luthuli lives in her hometown of Groutville. [1] In 2016, she was publicly critical of President Jacob Zuma; she was one of 100 ANC stalwarts who signed an open letter calling for reform in the ANC [10] and she attended several civil society events which protested against decisions of Zuma's administration. [11] [12] She has also called publicly for another inquest into the circumstances of her father's death. [5] [1]