Wilmot James

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Prof. Wilmot James MP

Shadow Minister of Higher Education
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Leader	Helen Zille
Preceded by	George Boinamo
Member of Parliament for Western Cape
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2009
Personal details
Born	(1953-07-05) 5 July 1953 Paarl, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Nationality	South African
Political party	Democratic Alliance
Spouse(s)	Delecia Forbes
Children	Gabriele James, Isabella James
Alma mater	University of the Western Cape, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Yale University
Profession	Sociologist

Professor Wilmot Godfrey James MP (born 5 July 1953) is a noted South African academic-turned-politician, who serves as the country's Shadow Minister of Basic Education^[1] and as a Member of Parliament and Federal Chairperson for the opposition Democratic Alliance.^[2] He has served as director of Sanlam, Media24 and the Africa Genome Education Institute, and is the chairperson of the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Immigration Advisory Board of South Africa. He is also a former Trustee of the Ford Foundation of New York.

Early years

Wilmot James was born in Paarl on 5 July 1953, to Peter Charles James and Shelma Rumine Hartel. He attended Athlone High School, and matriculated in 1970.^[3]

University and academia

James graduated from the University of the Western Cape in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts Honours cum laude. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in the United States, and attained his MSc from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1978, and a PhD from the same institution in 1982. In 1985 he did a post doctoral fellowship at Yale University. He was a vising fellow at Indiana University Bloomington in 1990, and a visiting fellow at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago in 1992.

In 1993 he moved to Cape Town to become Professor of Sociology at the University of Cape Town. He became Executive Director of the Institute for Democracy in South Africa in 1994, and served at Idasa until 1998. In 1999 he was appointed Dean of Humanities at the University of Cape Town.

James was appointed an Executive Director at the Human Sciences Research Council in 2001, a position he held until 2004.

In 2003 he was Moore Distinguished Visiting Professor at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.

In 2005 James was appointed Director of the Africa Genome Education Institute.

Other positions

In 2001, James was appointed Associate Editor at the Cape Argus newspaper, but left the paper later that year. In 2004 he became a Director at Naspers's Media24.

James served as a trustee of the Ford Foundation of New York between 1996 and 2009.

Parliament

In 2009 James became a Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance, South Africa's opposition party. He was appointed Shadow Minister of Higher Education, and later moved to the Basic Education portfolio. In 2010 he was elected federal chairperson of the party unopposed. As of November 2012 he serves as Shadow Minister of Trade and Industry for his party.^[4]

References

↑ "DA shadow cabinet - full list of names".
↑ "National List MPs" (PDF).
↑ "Prof Wilmot James".
↑ "Dr Wilmot James". South Africa: Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 25 November 2012.

Offices held

Political offices
Preceded by George Boinamo	South African Shadow Minister of Higher Education 2009–present	Incumbent

v t e Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of South Africa

Shadow Ministers:	Davidson De Freitas Dreyer Farrow Greyling Harris Hoosen James Kloppers-Lourens Kohler Barnard Kopane Lamoela Lorimer Lotriet Lovemore K Marais Max Maynier Mazibuko Mcgluwa Michael Mokgalapa Morgan Motau Ollis Rabotapi Selfe Shinn Smuts Steenhuisen Steyn Trollip Van den Berg Waters

Shadow Deputy Ministers:	Boinamo Bosman Coetzee Du Toit Duncan Eloff Esau Hill-Lewis Krumbock Lee E Marais Mnqasela More Mubu Paulse Robinson Ross Schafer Schmidt Smalle Smiles Steyn Stubbe Swathe Terblanche Van Dalen Van der Linde Van der Westhuizen Van Dyk Van Schalkwyk Wenger

Other Members in Attendance:	George Kalyan Rabie Swart Watson

v t e Current members of the National Assembly of South Africa by party

ANC	Sisulu Abram Ainslie Balfour Baloyi Bapela Bastardo-Ibanez R Bhengu P Bhengu Bikani Bloem Bogopane-Zulu Bonhomme Booi Borman Boshigo Botha Burgess Carrim Chabane Chauke Chikunga Chohan Coleman Cronin Dambuza Davies De Lange Diale Dikgacwi Dlamini Dlulane Doidge Dubazana Dube Duma Dunjwa Ebrahim Farisani Fihla Fransman Frolick Fubbs Gasebonwe Gcwabaza Gelderblom Gigaba Gina Godongwana Golobo Gona Goqwana Gumede Gungubele Gxowa Hajaig Hanekom Hangana Hendricks Holomisa Huang Jeffery Joemat-Peterson Johnson Kekana Kenye Khorai Kholwane Khumalo Khunou Komphela Koornhof Kota-Fredericks Kubayi Landers Lekgetho Line Luthuli Luyenge Maake Mabaso Mabedla Mabudafhasi Mabuza Madikizela-Mandela Madlala Maduna Mapule Mafolo Magagula Magama Magau Magazi Magwanishe Mahlangu-Nkabinde Makasi Makhubela-Mashele Makhubele Makwetla Malale Malgas Maluleka Maluleka Manamela Manana Mandela Manganye Mangena Manuel Martins Masango Mashigo Mashile Mashishi Masilo Masutha Mataboge Mathebe Mathebe Mathebula Mathibela Matlanyane Matshoba Maunye Mavunda Mbalula Mbili Mdaka Mdakane Mdladlana Mentor Mfeketo Mgabadeli Mjobo H Mkhize L Mkhize Mkhulusi Mlambo Mlangeni Mmusi Mnisi Mocumi Mohale Molebatsi Molewa Moloi-Moroka Monareng Morutoa Moss Motimele Motlanthe M Motshekga A Motshekga Motsoaledi Mpahlwa E Mthethwa N Mthethwa Mtshali Mufamadi Mugwanya Mushwana Muthambi Mchabeleng Ndabandaba Ndabeni Ndebele Nel Nelson Nene Newhoudt-Druchen Ngcobo Ngele Ngwenya Ngwenya-Mabila Nhlengethwa Njikelana Nkoana-Mashabane Nkwinti Nonkonyana November C Nqakula N Nqakula B Ntuli Z Ntuli Nxesi Nxumalo Nyama M Nyanda S Nyanda Nyekemba Nzimande Oliphant Oosthuizen Padayachie Pandor Peters Phaahla Phaliso Pillay Pilusa-Mosoane Pule B Radebe G Radebe J Radebe Ramathlodi Ramodibe Rantsolase Saal Schneemann Sefularo Segale-Diswai Selau Sexwale Shabangu Shiceka Shoba Sibhida Sibiya L Sisulu Sithole Smith Sizani Skosana Skweyiya Snell Sogoni Sonjica Sosibo Soytu Stofile Suka Sulliman Surty Thabethe Thobejane Thomson Tinto Tlake Tobias Tsebe Tseke Tsenoli Tshivhase Tshwete Tsotetsi Turok Twala Vadi van der Merwe van Schalkwyk Vanqa Williams Xaba Xasa Xingwana Yengeni B Zulu L Zulu Zuma

DA	Mazibuko Balindlela Boinamo Bosman R Coetzee T Coetzee Davidson De Freitas Doman Dreyer Du Toit Duncan Ellis Farrow Figlan Fritz George James Kalyan Kloppers-Lourens Kohler Barnard Kopane Krumbock Lamoela Lee Lorimer Lotriet E Marais S Marais Masango Maynier Michael Mnqasela Mokgalapa More Morgan Motau Mubu Ollis Pretorius Rabie Rabotapi Robinson Schäfer H Schmidt J Schmidt Selfe Shinn Smiles Smuts Steele A Steyn B Steyn Swart Swathe Terblanche Trollip van Dalen van den Berg van der Linde van der Walt van der Westhuizen van Dyk van Schalkwyk Waters Wenger

COPE	Lekota Adams Blaai Botha Carter Dandala Dexter Gcume George Kganare Kilian Koornhof MacKenzie Madisha Mashiane Mda Mnguni Molao Ndude Ngonyama Nhanha Njobe Ntshiqela Odendaal Rwexana Shilowa Thusi Tolo Vukuza-Linda

IFP	Buthelezi Cebekhulu Dhlamini Lucas Helen Makhuba Mncwango Mpontshane Christian Msimang Msweli Ndlovu Seeng Ntanzi Mario Oriani-Ambrosini Narend Singh Skosana Smith van der Merwe Zikalala Zondi

FF+	P Mulder Groenewald C Mulder Spies

ID	de Lille Greyling Hoosen Seirus

UDM	Holomisa Gaehler Kganyago Stanley Ntapane

ACDP	Meshoe Dudley Swart

APC	Godi

AZAPO	Mangena

MF	Bhoola

PAC	Mphahlele

UCDP	Ditshetelo

Party leaders in italics

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Persondata
Name	James, Wilmot
Alternative names
Short description	South African politician
Date of birth	5 July 1953
Place of birth	Paarl, Western Cape
Date of death
Place of death

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