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Siyabonga Cwele

Politician

Siyabonga Cwele is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Siyabonga Cwele · Siyabonga Cyprian Cwele · سیابونگا سویلی · 西亞邦加·奎萊				[sources]
Other name	Siyabonga Cwele · Siyabonga Cyprian Cwele				[sources]
Weak alias	Cwele · 西亚邦加·奎莱 · 谢胜文				[sources]
Birth date	1958-09-03				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	South Africa				[sources]
Country	South Africa				[sources]
Citizenship	South Africa				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	vuyiswa.frans@dha.gov.za				[sources]
First name	Siyabonga Cyprian				[sources]
Last name	Cwele				[sources]
Title	Dr · Mr				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2290959				[sources]
Position	ANC Constituency Office (227): Dipaliseng (Constituency Contact, 2014-2019) · ANC Constituency Office (805): Port Shepstone Regional Office (Constituency Contact, -2014) · African National Congress National Election List 2014 (31st Candidate, 2014-2014) · Minister of Home Affairs of South Africa (2018-2019) · Minister of State Security (2008-2009) · 11 more...				[sources]
Education	Stellenbosch University · University of KwaZulu-Natal				[sources]
Source link	www.pa.org.za · www.parliament.gov.za				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-08-28	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

South African politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of State Security	2009-05-11	2014-05-25
Member of the National Assembly	2014-05-21	-
member of the National Assembly of South Africa	2019-05-22	2019-06-03
Minister of Home Affairs of South Africa	2018-11-22	2019-05-29
Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services	2014-05-25	2018-11-22
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs	2018-11-22	2019-05-07
member of the National Assembly of South Africa	2014-05-21	2019-05-07
Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services	2014-05-26	2018-11-22
Minister of State Security	2008-09-25	2009-05-10
Minister of State Security	-	2014-04-24

Data sources

Every Politician58,336

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,166

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Wikidata · non-official source

South Africa National and Provincial Legislators1,960

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South Africa · PMG · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories380,892

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Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata354,065

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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