Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane

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Refilwe Maria Mtsweni-Tsipane (née Mtsweni; born 3 September 1973), also spelled Mtshweni-Tsipane, is a South African politician from Mpumalanga. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she has been the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces since June 2024. Before that, she served as the fifth Premier of Mpumalanga between 2018 and 2024. Mtsweni-Tsipane entered government after the May 2014 general election, when Premier David Mabuza appointed her as Mpumalanga's Member of the Executive Council for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. She succeeded Mabuza as premier when he left the province to become Deputy President of South Africa in February 2018. She has been a member of the ANC's National Executive Committee since December 2022.

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