Frances Beatrice Marshoff (17 September 1957 – 15 April 2023) was a South African politician who served as

Premier of the Free State The premier of the Free State is the head of government of the Free State province of South Africa. The current premier of the Free State is Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae, who was elected on 14 June 2024. She is a member of the African National Cong ...

from 2004 to 2009. She succeeded

Winkie Direko Isabella Winkie Direko (27 November 192917 February 2012) was a South African politician born in the Free State province of South Africa. She was a member of the African National Congress and served as Premier of the Free State from 1999 to 200 ...

to the position on 22 April 2004, and was replaced by

Ace Magashule Elias Sekgobelo "Ace" Magashule (born 3 November 1959) is a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who served as the Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC), South Africa's governing party, between December ...

on 6 May 2009. Beatrice Marshoff was also a

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and also served as a Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Social Development in the Free State (June 2001 – 21 April 2004). Before that, she was a member of Parliament for 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 ...

(1994–1999). Marshoff died on 15 April 2023, at the age of 65.Former ANC Free State premier Beatrice Marshoff passes away
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