Zweli Mkhize

Zweli Lawrence Mkhize ( born February 2, 1956 in Willowfontein, South Africa) is a South African politician and Premier of the province of KwaZulu -Natal.

Life

Mkhize was born in 1956 in Willowfontein in Pietermaritzburg. He is married to May Mashego and has three children. In 1982 he graduated from the University of KwaZulu -Natal with a Bachelor of Medicine ( Medicine ) and a Bachelor of Surgery ( Surgery ). The following year, he completed his internship at Mc Cords Hospital in Durban. After completion of the internship, a year later, he got a job in the Edendale Hospital in his hometown of Pietermaritzburg. In 1986 he went into exile and worked in Swaziland and Zimbabwe continues as a doctor. Five years later, he returned and worked at Themba Hospital in the then Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga) before opening his own practice in Pietermaritzburg in the same year. From 1994 to 2004 he was Minister of Health in KwaZulu -Natal. He then government representatives in Parliament ( Leader of Government Business ) in KwaZulu -Natal.

Other offices are the Mkhize holds:

• Chairman of the ANC in KwaZulu -Natal
• Member of the National Executive of the ANC
• Chairman of the National Sub-Committee on Education and Health
• Chairman of the Committee for the political supervision of the World Cup 2010
• Rector of the University of KwaZulu -Natal

Services

As a member of the National Health Secretariat of the ANC, he worked on the guidelines for health policy in South Africa and thus helped in the establishment of democracy in the country.

Mkhize was co-founder of the Regional Health Forum, which acted as a consultant for investors in the health sector. Later he became a member of the National Health Forum.

He also played an important role in promoting peace and stability in KwaZulu -Natal.

Swell

• Zweli Mkhize. Premier of KwaZulu -Natal. Who's Who of Southern Africa, accessed on June 9, 2010 (English ).
• Dr Z Mkhize L. KwaZulu -Natal Provincial Government, accessed on June 9, 2010 (English ).

• Politicians (South Africa)
• Prime Minister (KwaZulu -Natal)
• Born in 1956
• Man