Ina Cronjé

Ina Cronjé
Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
In office
1994  May 2014
Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Executive Council for Finance
In office
May 2009  May 2014
Premier
Succeeded byBelinda Scott
Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Executive Council for Education
In office
2004  May 2009
PremierS'bu Ndebele
Succeeded bySenzo Mchunu
Personal details
Born
Catharina Magdalena Cronjé

(1943-10-29)29 October 1943
Pretoria, South Africa
Died24 October 2023(2023-10-24) (aged 79)
Hilton, South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
SpousePierre
Children2
Alma mater

Catharina Magdalena "Ina" Cronjé (29 October 1943 – 24 October 2023) was a South African politician who served in the Executive Council of KwaZulu-Natal from 2004 to 2014. She was KwaZulu-Natal's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education from 2004 to 2009, and MEC for Finance from 2009 to 2014.

A lawyer by training and a former teacher, she represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature from 1994 until she retired from politics in 2014, and she was the Chief Whip in the legislature from 1995 to 2004. She was also a former member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's branch in KwaZulu-Natal.