Mbulelo Sogoni (born 16 January 1966) is a South African politician. A member of the

African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa. It originated as a liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid and has governed the country since 1994, when the 1994 South African general election, fir ...

(ANC), Sogoni became the fourth

Premier of the Eastern Cape The premier of the Eastern Cape is the head of government of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The current premier of the Eastern Cape is Oscar Mabuyane, a member of the African National Congress, who was elected in the 2019 South Afric ...

on 25 July 2008 when he replaced

Nosimo Balindlela Nosimo Zisiwe Beauty Balindlela (born 28 November 1949 in Hermanus, Cape Province) is a South African politician who served as the Premier of the Eastern Cape from 26 April 2004 until 1 August 2008. She changed parties in 2008 when she became a ...

until he was succeeded by

Noxolo Kiviet Noxolo Kiviet (born 21 July 1963) is a South African politician who served as the Minister of Public Service and Administration from 2023 to 2024. She was formerly the Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure from 2019 to 2023 and al ...

on 6 May 2009 following 2009 election. Sogoni entered politics in the

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

movement during

apartheid in South Africa Apartheid ( , especially South African English: , ; , ) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was characterised by an ...

and unsuccessfully lobbied for

Thabo Mbeki Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (; born 18 June 1942) is a South African politician who served as the 2nd democratic president of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008, when he resigned at the request of his party, the African National Cong ...

to remain President of the ANC during the 2007 National Conference.Meet Premier Sogoni
Mail & Guardian, 26 July 2008

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1966 births Living people Politicians from the Eastern Cape Xhosa people African National Congress politicians Premiers of the Eastern Cape South African trade unionists {{EasternCape-politician-stub