Parks Tau
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Mpho Franklyn Parks Tau (born 1970) is a South African politician who has been a Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs since March 2023 and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since February 2023, representing the African National Congress. Before becoming a member of Parliament, Tau had been a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature where he served in the Gauteng Executive Council as MEC for Economic Development from December 2020 to October 2022. Prior to that, he was Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs between May 2019 and December 2020.
Mpho Franklyn Parks Tau | |
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Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | |
Assumed office 7 March 2023 | |
Minister | Thembi Nkadimeng |
In office 29 May 2019 – 9 December 2020 | |
Minister | Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma |
Preceded by | Andries Nel |
Succeeded by | Thembi Nkadimeng |
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
Assumed office 6 February 2023 | |
Preceded by | Matshidiso Mfikoe |
Member of the Gauteng Executive Council for Economic Development | |
In office 9 December 2020 – 6 October 2022 | |
Premier | David Makhura |
Preceded by | Morakane Mosupyoe |
Succeeded by | Tasneem Motara |
Mayor of Johannesburg | |
In office 26 May 2011[1] – 22 August 2016 | |
Preceded by | Amos Masondo[1] |
Succeeded by | Herman Mashaba[2] |
Personal details | |
Born | 1970 (age 53–54)[3] Orlando, Soweto, South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress |
Spouse | Pilisiwe Twala-Tau[1] |
Children | 4[1] |
Residence(s) | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Tau was the second democratically elected mayor, after Amos Masondo, of the Unified City of Johannesburg. He lost the mayoralty to the DA's Herman Mashaba in a historic defeat on 22 August 2016. From 2018 to 2022, he was the provincial treasurer of the Gauteng ANC branch. In December 2022, he was elected to a five-year term on the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress.