Pravin Gordhan
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Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan is a South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n political figure, serving as Minister of Finance since May 2009. He was previously the Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service
South African Revenue Service
The South African Revenue Service is the revenue service of the South African government. It was established by legislation to collect revenue and ensure compliance with tax law...

 from 1999 to 2009. From 1991 and 1994, he chaired the Convention for a Democratic South Africa
Convention for a Democratic South Africa
The apartheid system in South Africa was ended through a series of negotiations between 1990 and 1993 and through unilateral steps by the de Klerk government. These negotiations took place between the governing National Party, the African National Congress, and a wide variety of other political...

. He was also co-chairman of the Transitional Executive Council, which oversaw the transition to the first democratically elected government.

As a member of parliament from 1994 to 1998, Gordhan chaired the parliamentary committee that focused on the implementation of the new Constitution and the transformation of local government in the post-apartheid. Gordhan was re-elected for the fourth time as Council Chairman of the World Customs Organization
World Customs Organization
The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is recognized as the voice of the global customs community...

 in 2004.

On 10 May 2009, 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....

 appointed Gordhan as Minister of Finance, succeeding Trevor Manuel
Trevor Manuel
Trevor Andrew Manuel is a South African politician, currently serving in the Cabinet of South Africa as Minister in the Presidency in charge of the National Planning Commission...

.

Gordhan was attacked by the ANC Youth League following his 2010 budget speech http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article349124.ece, but he was defended by trade union COSATU, and by the ANC's national executive committee http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/Politics/1057/de70f3ea6b03489fa4943c8d67813a62/15-03-2010-08-05/Malema_wont_be_punished_-_for_nowhttp://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE62E0K620100315.
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