Helen Zille, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Helen Zille

South African politician

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1951

Place of Birth: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Profession: politician, journalist

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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About Helen Zille

  • Otta Helene Maree (nÊe Zille ; born 9 March 1951), known as Helen Zille, is a South African politician.
  • She is serving as the Federal Council Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance since 20 October 2019.
  • From 2009 until 2019, she was the Premier of the Western Cape province for two five-year terms, and a member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament.
  • She served as Federal Leader of the Democratic Alliance from 2007 to 2015 and as Mayor of Cape Town from 2006 to 2009.
  • Zille is a former journalist and anti-apartheid activist and was one of the journalists who exposed the cover-up around the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko while working for the Rand Daily Mail in the late 1970s.
  • She also worked with the Black Sash and other pro-democracy groups during the 1980s.
  • In the political arena, Zille has served in all three tiers of government, as the Western Cape's education MEC (1999–2001), as a Member of Parliament (2004–2006), as Mayor of Cape Town (2006–2009), and as Premier of the Western Cape (2009–2019). Zille was selected as World Mayor of the Year in 2008.
  • She was also chosen as Newsmaker of the Year 2006 by the National Press Club in July 2007.
  • Zille speaks English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, and German.Following her departure from the premiership in May 2019, she joined the South African Institute of Race Relations as a senior policy fellow in July 2019, though she suspended her fellowship in October 2019.
  • She started her own podcast, Tea with Helen, in August 2019.
  • Zille declared her candidacy for Federal Council Chairperson of the DA in October 2019.
  • She won the election.

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