Prince Obed Mfanyana Dlamini (4 April 1937, in
Mhlosheni – 18 January 2017 at
Milpark Hospital
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) was
Prime Minister
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of
Swaziland
Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the northeast, where ...
from 12 July 1989 to 25 October 1993.
Career
He was later a member of
Liqoqo (king's advisory council), and was one of the two members in the council to have an affiliation to a political party.
He was a member of the
Ngwane National Liberatory Congress
The Ngwane National Liberatory Congress (NNLC) is a political party in Eswatini. It was founded on 12 April 1963 as a breakaway party from the Swaziland Progressive Party (SPP) led by Dr. J. J. Nquku.
History
It was launched on 24 February ...
. Dlamini was also a member of parliament where he represented the Nhlambeni constituency in the
Manzini region
Manzini is a region of Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland), located in the center-west of the country. It has an area of 4,093.59 km2 and a population of 355,945 (2017). Its administrative center is Manzini. It borders all three other re ...
.
References
Members of the House of Assembly of Eswatini
Prime ministers of Eswatini
Ngwane National Liberatory Congress politicians
1937 births
2017 deaths
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