Full Name
Govan Archibald Mvuyelwa Mbeki[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Date of Birth
July 9, 1910[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Place of Birth
Mpukane Location, Nqamakwe district, Transkei, South Africa[2][5][6][8]
Date of Death
August 30, 2001[3][4][6][7]
Place of Death
Port Elizabeth, South Africa[3][6][7][8]
Education
- University of Fort Hare, B.A. degree in Politics and Psychology, Teaching Diploma (1936)[3][6][8]
- University of South Africa, B.Econ. in Social Studies (1940)[6]
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Amsterdam in Holland (1978)[5]
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Port Elizabeth (2001)[8]
Spouses Names
Epainette Mbeki (m. 1940)[5]
Children Names
Parents Names
Son of a chief, his parents were strict Christians[6].
Affiliated Organizations’ Names
- African National Congress (ANC), Member[1][3][4][5][6]
- South African Communist Party, Member[1][3]
- Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), Secretary[2]
- Deputy President of Senate of South Africa, In office from 1994 to 1997[2][6]
- Co-Deputy Chairperson of National Council of Provinces, In office from 1997 to 1999[2]