Ismail Mahomed Cachalia | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 3 July 2001 – May 2009 | |
Constituency | Gauteng |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 December 1929 |
Citizenship | South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress |
Children | |
Ismail Mahomed Cachalia (born December 20, 1929) is a retired South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2001 to 2009. [1] He also served an earlier partial term in the first democratic Parliament.
Cachalia was born on 20 December 1929. [2] He was first elected to the National Assembly in 1994, in South Africa's first post-apartheid elections, [3] but he resigned from his seat before the end of the legislative term. [4] He returned in the middle of the next legislative term, on 3 July 2001, when he was sworn in to fill the casual vacancy caused by Melanie Verwoerd's resignation. [5] He was elected to a full term in the seat in the 2004 general election, representing the Gauteng constituency, [2] and retired after the 2009 general election.
He is a member of South Africa's politically illustrious Cachalia family: he is the father of Firoz Cachalia and Azhar Cachalia, [6] and he is also related to Ghaleb Cachalia. [7]
Ismail Mahomed Cachalia | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 3 July 2001 – May 2009 | |
Constituency | Gauteng |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 December 1929 |
Citizenship | South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress |
Children | |
Ismail Mahomed Cachalia (born December 20, 1929) is a retired South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2001 to 2009. [1] He also served an earlier partial term in the first democratic Parliament.
Cachalia was born on 20 December 1929. [2] He was first elected to the National Assembly in 1994, in South Africa's first post-apartheid elections, [3] but he resigned from his seat before the end of the legislative term. [4] He returned in the middle of the next legislative term, on 3 July 2001, when he was sworn in to fill the casual vacancy caused by Melanie Verwoerd's resignation. [5] He was elected to a full term in the seat in the 2004 general election, representing the Gauteng constituency, [2] and retired after the 2009 general election.
He is a member of South Africa's politically illustrious Cachalia family: he is the father of Firoz Cachalia and Azhar Cachalia, [6] and he is also related to Ghaleb Cachalia. [7]