Ronald Lamola
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. |
| Alma mater | |
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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.