This is a list of the members of the National Executive Committee

National Executive Committee (African National Congress)

The ANC National Executive Committee is the chief executive organ of the South African political party, the African National Congress. It is elected at every National Conference; the executive committee, in turn, elects a National Working Committee for day-to-day decision-making responsibilities.On...

 of the African National Congress

African National Congress

The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...

 who were elected at the 51st national conference

51st National Conference of the African National Congress

The 51st ANC National Conference was held in 2002 at the University of Stellenbosch in Stellenbosch, Western Cape. At this conference, Thabo Mbeki was re-elected as president of the party.-AIDS reappraisal document:...

 in 2002. Most active members were replaced at the 52nd National Conference

52nd National Conference of the African National Congress

The 52nd National Conference of the African National Congress was held in Polokwane, Limpopo from December 16 to December 20, 2007. It elected Jacob Zuma and supporters to the party's top leadership and National Executive Committee , representing a significant defeat for Thabo Mbeki, then the...

 in 2007.

Composition of the NEC

• Thabo Mbeki
  Thabo Mbeki
  Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician who served two terms as the second post-apartheid President of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008. He is also the brother of Moeletsi Mbeki...
  
   - President
• Jacob Zuma
  Jacob Zuma
  Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is the President of South Africa, elected by parliament following his party's victory in the 2009 general election....
  
   - Deputy President
• Mosiuoa Lekota
  Mosiuoa Lekota
  Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick Lekota is a South African politician who currently serves as the President and Leader of the Congress of the People since 16 December 2008. Previously, under President Thabo Mbeki, he served in the Cabinet of South Africa as Minister of Defence from 17 June 1999 to 25...
  
   - National Chairperson
• Kgalema Motlanthe - Secretary General
• Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele - Deputy Secretary General
• Mendi Msimang
  Mendi Msimang
  Mendi Msimang has been treasurer of the African National Congress since 1997. From 1994 until that time, he served as High Commissioner in London, England. He was married to former Minister of Health, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, until her death in 2009. Msimang had been a member of the ANC Youth...
  
   - Treasurer General
• Nelson Mandela
  Nelson Mandela
  Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...
  
   - (Ex-Officio)

Additional Members

Youth League

African National Congress Youth League

The African National Congress Youth League is the youth wing of the African National Congress.-Foundation:Its foundation in 1944 by Nick Gombart, Ashley Peter Mda, Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo marked the rise of a new generation of leadership of South Africa's black African...

• Fikile Mbalula
  Fikile Mbalula
  Fikile Mbalula is the minister of sport in the Cabinet of South Africa, a former deputy minister of police, a member of the national executive committee of the African National Congress and former leader of the African National Congress Youth League.-Career:Mbalula was appointed deputy minister of...
  
  
• Sihle Zikalala

Observers

1. Ngconde Balfour

Ngconde Balfour

Ngconde Balfour is a South African politician and has been Minister of Correctional Services since 2004.Balfour was born in the Eastern Cape and completed his schooling at Jabavu High School in the town of Alice. He went on to study at Lovedale College and Fort Hare University...

2. Nosimo Balindlela

Nosimo Balindlela

Nosimo Zisiwe Beauty Balindlela was the Premier of the Eastern Cape in South Africa from 26 April 2004 until 1 August 2008.-Firing:...

3. Jean Benjamin
4. Ntombazana Botha
5. Rob Davies

Rob Davies

Robert John "Rob" Davies is a Welsh footballer. He plays for Worcester City. Prior to that, he played for Wrexham, and signed for West Bromwich Albion in the 2003–04 season for a nominal fee...

6. Johnny De Lange
7. Dirk du Toit

Dirk du Toit

Dirk Cornelis du Toit was the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs of the Republic of South Africa from 1999 to 2009....

8. Mluleki George

Mluleki George

Mluleki Editor George is the former deputy minister of defence of South Africa. He currently serves as treasurer-general of the Congress of the People, a South African political party formed by former Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota in 2008.-External links:...

9. Cheryl Gillwald
10. Mbulelo Goniwe
11. Nomatyala Hangana
12. Lindiwe Hendricks

Lindiwe Hendricks

Lindiwe Benedicta Hendricks is a South African politician and a member of the National Assembly. She has served as Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry in Kgalema Motlanthe's cabinet since 2006....

13. Peggy Hollander
14. John Jeffery

John Jeffery

James John Jeffery is a former Wales rugby union international.- Product of Pontllanfraith :John Jeffery was born in Oakdale and educated at Pontllanfraith Grammar School, the same school attended by British Lion Alun Pask...

15. Joyce Mabudafhasi
16. M. J. Mahlangu

M. J. Mahlangu

Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu is a South African politician. He is a member of the African National Congress, the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, and a member of the Pan-African Parliament.-External links:*...

15. Gwen Mahlangu
16. Vytjie Mentor
17. Dorothy Motubatse
18. Mandisi Mpahlwa
19. Andries Nel
20. Gert Oosthuizen
21. Roy Padayachie
22. Ebrahim Rasool

Ebrahim Rasool

Ebrahim Rasool was the Premier of the Western Cape province in South Africa. He is a member of the African National Congress.Anti-Apartheid Struggle Activist:...

23. Nozizwe Routledge-Madlala
24. Buyelwa Sonjica
25. Enver Surty
26. Elizabeth Thabethe
27. Sue Van der Merwe
28. Victor Vusumuzi Windvoel
29. Lulama Xingwana

Lulama Xingwana

Lulama "Lulu" Marytheresa Xingwana is a South African politician, serving as Minister of Arts and Culture from May 2009 to October 2010...

30. Marthinus van Schalkwyk

Marthinus van Schalkwyk

Marthinus Christoffel Johannes van Schalkwyk is the Minister of Tourism in the Cabinet of South Africa. Formerly both Premier of the Western Cape and Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of South Africa, he was the leader of the New National Party from its inception on 8 September 1997 until...

External links

• List of 2002-2007 NEC members