Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

Geraldine Joslyn Fraser-Moleketi (born 24 August 1960) is a South African politician who was Minister of Public Service and Administration since 17 June 1999 to 25 September 2008. She was also a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress until 2007.

Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi
Minister of Public Service and Administration
In office
1999–2008
Preceded byZola Skweyiya
Succeeded byRichard Baloyi
Member of Parliament
In office
1994–2008
Minister of Welfare and Population Development
In office
1996–1999
Preceded byPatrick McKenzie
Succeeded byPosition renamed
Deputy Minister of Welfare and Population Development
In office
1995–1996
Personal details
Born (1960-08-24) 24 August 1960
Political partyAfrican National Congress, South African Communist Party
SpouseJabu Moleketi
RelationsArthur Fraser (brother)

Education

She holds a Masters in Administration from the University of Pretoria.[1]

Political activity

In 1980 while in her second year at the University of the Western Cape, she left South Africa to go into exile in Zimbabwe. Fraser-Moleketi was elected to the South African Communist Party's Central Committee in 1988. She returned to South Africa in July 1990 when the Communist Party was unbanned and helped set up their national offices.

Following the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki in September 2008, Fraser-Moleketi was one of ten ministers who submitted their resignations on 23 September, although it was subsequently announced that she might be willing to remain in her post.[2] This was, however, later refuted by her spokesperson and she was replaced by Richard Baloyi on 25 September.

Kemal Dervis of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has recently announced the appointment of Fraser-Moleketi as Democratic Governance Director in UNDP's Bureau for Development Policy (BDP). Fraser-Moleketi assumed her new role on 2 January 2009.

Husband

She is married to Jabu Moleketi whom she met in a military training camp in Lusaka.

References
  1. http://www.whoswhosa.co.za/geraldine-fraser-moleketi-917 Geraldine Joslyn Fraser-Moleketi Retrieved 25 June 2011
  2. "Confusion rattles markets", Sapa (IOL), 23 September 2008.

Literature
  • "Who is Who in South African Politics," by Shelagh Gastrow, 1995, Rovan Press, Johannesburg,
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