Premier Mtshali Profile

LIONEL PERCIVAL HERCULES MBEKI MTSHALI
Personal

Date of birth: 7 November 1935, Utrecht, KwaZulu-Natal
Marital status: Married, 4 children and 2 grandchildren
Pastimes: Gardening, reading, listening to choral music, athletics, watching soccer, tennis and golf, outdoor adventure through scouting, service to church as lay minister

Current Position

Academic Qualifications

Career/Memberships/Positions/Other Activities

Teacher and Principal for 12 years

Inspector and Circuit Inspector for 12 years

Chief Inspector for 7 years

Minister of Education and Culture in the KwaZulu Government for three years and four months

Member of Parliament in the National Assembly (since 1994)

Interaction with rural communities and their traditional leaders. Motivation of communities to contribute to the building of educational facilities

Re-arranging of priorities in the building of schools to focus on disadvantaged rural areas and informal settlements

Participated in the planning of modern colleges of education in KwaZulu-Natal

Participated in the planning of skills centres in rural areas and townships

Promotion of adult literacy and adult education programmes

Active participation in extra-parliamentary politics since the launch of the IFP (1975)

Chairperson, IFP education study-group and Education spokesperson

IFP chairperson in the Parliamentary Caucus

Served in the following Parliamentary Committees:

Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on members’ Pension Benefits (until September 1995)

Constitutional Affairs and Education

Deputy Chairperson - Parliamentary Committees

Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (1 September 1996-January 1999)