Kenneth Michael Andrew (born 30 May 1943) is a South African

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

. He was born in

Cape Town Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest ...

and matriculated from

Rondebosch Boys' High School Rondebosch Boys' High School is a public English medium high school for boys situated in the suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is one of the oldest schools in the country, having been established ...

as head boy. Andrew studied at the

University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) (, ) is a public university, public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university status in 1918, making it the oldest univer ...

where he achieved his BSc degree and later a Masters in business administration. He is married to Adrianne and has two children.

Political career

While still at the University of Cape Town he chaired the local committee of the

National Union of South African Students The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was an important force for liberalism and later radicalism in South African student anti-apartheid politics. Its mottos included non-racialism and non-sexism. Early history NUSAS was found ...

. Later in 1961 he joined the Progressive Party which was succeeded by the

Progressive Federal Party The Progressive Federal Party (PFP) () was a South African political party formed in 1977 through merger of the Progressive and Reform parties, eventually changing its name to the Progressive Federal Party. For its duration, it was the main parl ...

in 1978. The party was later changed to the Democratic Party where he became its federal chairman from 1991 to 1994. He served in the post-

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, latterly under the banner of the Democratic Alliance, until after the 2004 general election, when he retired.

References

1943 births South African people of British descent Living people Politicians from Cape Town Alumni of Rondebosch Boys' High School University of Cape Town alumni Progressive Party (South Africa) politicians Progressive Federal Party politicians Democratic Party (South Africa) politicians {{WesternCape-politician-stub Chairpersons of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 1994–1999 Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 1999–2004