Ronald Lamola | |
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![]() Lamola in 2024 | |
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation | |
Assumed office 3 July 2024 | |
President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
Deputy | Alvin Botes Thandi Moraka |
Preceded by | Naledi Pandor |
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services | |
In office 30 May 2019 – 30 June 2024 | |
President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
Deputy | John Jeffery Inkosi Phathekile Holomisa |
Preceded by | Michael Masutha |
Succeeded by | Thembi Nkadimeng (Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development) Pieter Groenewald (Minister of Correctional Services) |
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
Deputy President of the African National Congress Youth League | |
In office June 2011 – April 2012 | |
President | Julius Malema |
Preceded by | Andile Lungisa |
Succeeded by | Desmond Moela |
Personal details | |
Born | Ronald Ozzy Lamola 21 November 1983 Bushbuckridge, Transvaal Province, South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress |
Spouse |
Bawinile “Winnie” Msiza
(m. 2013) |
Education | Mchacka High School.[1] |
Alma mater | |
Occupation |
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Ronald Ozzy Lamola (born 21 November 1983) is a South African lawyer and politician who is the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 22 May 2019 as a member of the African National Congress (ANC). He was Minister of Justice and Correctional Services from May 2019 to June 2024. He is a member of the ANC's National Executive Committee and National Working Committee. Lamola had previously been involved in the African National Congress Youth League.[2][3][4]