- Pallo Jordan
Dr Zweledinga Pallo Jordan (born
22 May 1942 ) has been the Minister of Arts and Culture of the Republic ofSouth Africa since29 April 2004 . He studied at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison in theUnited States (1962) and also acquired a post-graduate degree from theLondon School of Economics .Employment
*He was a member of the research unit of the
African National Congress (ANC) in its Department of Information and Publicity (1975)
*He was appointed head ofRadio Freedom (1977)
*He was appointed director of the ANC's first internal masspropaganda campaign, "The Year of the Spear", marking the centenary of theBattle of Isandlwana of 1879 (1979)
*He was named head of the ANC's research unit of the Department of Information and Publicity (1980)
*He was elected to the National Executive Committee (NEC) (since 1985)
*He served as administrative secretary of the NEC Secretariat (1985 - 1988)
*He served on the NEC's Strategy and Tactics Committee as convenor (1985 - 1989)
*He was the director of Information and Publicity (1989)
*He served on the NEC's sub-committee on negotiations and the NEC's sub-committee on Constitutional Guidelines
*He returned toSouth Africa after the unbanning of the ANC (1990)
*He was elected to be aMember of Parliament in theNational Assembly of South Africa (since 1994)
*He was Minister of Posts, Telecommunications, and Broadcasting (1994 - 1996)
*He was Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (1996 - 1999)External links
* [http://www.anc.org.za/people/jordan.html ANC Biography]
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