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Lynne Brown
Lynne Brown in 2007
Minister of Public Enterprises
In office 25 May 2014 – 27 February 2018
President
Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa
Preceded by
Malusi Gigaba
Succeeded by
Pravin Gordhan
6th Premier of the Western Cape
In office 25 July 2008 – 6 May 2009
Preceded by
Ebrahim Rasool
Succeeded by
Helen Zille
Member of the National Assembly
In office 21 May 2014 – 1 March 2018
Personal details
Born
(1961-09-26) 26 September 1961 (age 62) Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Political party
African National Congress
Lynne Brown (born 26 September 1961) is a South African politician who is a former Minister of Public Enterprises and former Premier of the Western Cape Province.[1] She was born in Cape Town and grew up in Mitchells Plain. She was appointed Premier of the Western Cape following the resignation of Ebrahim Rasool in July 2008.[1] Previously, she was Minister for Economic Development and Tourism.[1] She is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and an elected member of its National Executive Committee in 2007 and 2012.[1] She is from a coloured background and was the fourth coloured premier of the Western Cape, the second from the ANC, and the first openly gay person to be appointed to a cabinet post in any African government.[2][3]
^ abcd"Premier of the Western Cape: Bio". Cape Gateway. Provincial Government of the Western Cape. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
^"South Africa appoints first lesbian to cabinet", by David Smith, The Guardian, Monday 26 May 2014.
^Thelwell, Emma (6 June 2014). "SA's first gay minister: why it matters". News24. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
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