Ismail Mahomed Cachalia
{{Short description|South African politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Not to be confused with|text=Ismail Ahmed "Maulvi" Cachalia (1908–2003)}}{{Infobox officeholder
| party = African National Congress
| office1 = Member of the National Assembly
| termstart1 = 3 July 2001
| termend1 = May 2009
| citizenship = South Africa
| constituency1 = Gauteng
| children = {{plainlist|
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1929|12|20|df=yes}}
}}
Ismail Mahomed Cachalia (born December 20, 1929) is a retired South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2001 to 2009.{{Cite web |date=4 March 2008 |title=Statement by Ismail Cachalia on Climate Change |url=https://ancparliament.org.za/content/statement-ismail-cachalia-climate-change |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=ANC Parliamentary Caucus}} He also served an earlier partial term in the first democratic Parliament.
Legislative career
Cachalia was born on 20 December 1929. He was first elected to the National Assembly in 1994, in South Africa's first post-apartheid elections,{{Cite web |date=24 May 1994 |title=Minutes of proceedings of the Constitutional Assembly |url=https://www.justice.gov.za/legislation/constitution/history/MINUTES/CA24054.PDF |access-date=2 April 2023 |publisher=Department of Justice and Constitutional Development}} but he resigned from his seat before the end of the legislative term.{{Cite web |last=Input |first=ANC |date=3 June 1998 |title=Members of the National Assembly |url=http://www.parliament.gov.za/mps/mps.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980628034746/http://www.parliament.gov.za/mps/mps.html |archive-date=28 June 1998 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Parliament of South Africa}} He returned in the middle of the next legislative term, on 3 July 2001, when he was sworn in to fill the casual vacancy caused by Melanie Verwoerd's resignation.{{Cite web |date=2002-06-02 |title=The National Assembly List of Resinations and Nominations |url=http://parliament.gov.za/na/resign.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602095739/http://parliament.gov.za/na/resign.htm |archive-date=2 June 2002 |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Parliament of South Africa}} He was elected to a full term in the seat in the 2004 general election, representing the Gauteng constituency,{{cite magazine |date=20 April 2004 |title=General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004 |url=https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/262770.pdf |magazine=Government Gazette of South Africa |location=Pretoria, South Africa |publisher=Government of South Africa |volume=466 |issue=2677 |pages=4–95 |access-date=26 March 2021}} and retired after the 2009 general election.
Personal life
He is a member of South Africa's politically illustrious Cachalia family: he is the father of Firoz Cachalia and Azhar Cachalia,{{Cite web |date=17 February 2011 |title=Azhar Cachalia |url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/azhar-cachalia |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=South African History Online}} and he is also related to Ghaleb Cachalia.{{Cite news |last=Cachalia |first=Ismail |date=24 April 2016 |title=Ghaleb Cachalia's family are warning parties against using their history to win elections |language=en-US |work=The Daily Vox |url=https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/ghaleb-cachalia-family-statement/ |access-date=16 May 2017}}
References
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Category:African National Congress politicians
Category:Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 1994–1999
Category:Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 1999–2004
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