Maropene Ramokgopa was born on 31 December 1979 and is a South African politician who has been the Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation since March 2023.
16 Facts About Maropene Ramokgopa
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Maropene Ramokgopa has been a Member of the National Assembly since February 2023 and the Second Deputy Secretary-General of the African National Congress since December 2022.
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Maropene Ramokgopa is the coordinator of the interim task team that was appointed in June 2022 to lead the ANC Women's League.
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Maropene Ramokgopa was the Mayor of the Northern Cape's Siyanda District Municipality from 2006 to 2009.
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Maropene Ramokgopa became a ward councillor for the African National Congress in 2005, serving in the Kgatelopele Local Municipality in the Northern Cape.
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Maropene Ramokgopa was elected to the National Executive Committee of the ANC Women's League in 2008 and, under ANCWL President Angie Motshekga, she later held a managerial position in the league and convened its Young Women's Desk.
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Maropene Ramokgopa was on the National Executive Committee of the ANC Youth League and was appointed to an interim task team which led the Youth League after its leadership corps was disbanded by the mainstream ANC in 2013.
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Maropene Ramokgopa has served on the board of the National Youth Development Agency.
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In 2014, Maropene Ramokgopa began work as a manager in the office of the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, a position then filled by Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
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Maropene Ramokgopa left the ministry in 2016, when President Jacob Zuma appointed her as South African Consul-General to Mumbai, India.
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Maropene Ramokgopa was elected to the Provincial Executive Committee of the Limpopo branch of the ANC in 2022.
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Ahead of the ANC's 55th National Conference, Maropene Ramokgopa was viewed as a supporter of Ramaphosa's campaign for re-election as ANC President and as a key member of the so-called "women's caucus" within the pro-Ramaphosa camp.
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Maropene Ramokgopa was not initially included on the list of candidates but once the conference began in December 2022, the party resolved to create a new Second Deputy Secretary-General position; Ramokgopa was nominated from the floor of the conference to fill the post.
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Maropene Ramokgopa serves alongside First Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane and under Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula.
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On 5 February 2023, it was reported that Maropene Ramokgopa was one of four senior ANC members who would be sworn in as a member of the National Assembly the following day.
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Maropene Ramokgopa was reappointed as Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation after the 2024 general election, and was sworn in again on 3 July 2024.