Salamuddi (Salam) Abram is a retired South African politician. He served as a member of Parliament from 1999 until 2014.
Salam Abram | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 1999–2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Salamuddi Abram |
| Nationality | South African |
| Other political affiliations | African National Congress United Democratic Movement |
Career
editAbram became chairperson of the Actonville Town Council liaison committee in 1964.[1] The following year, he was appointed chairperson of the Actonville Consultative Committee.[1] Abram served as a member of the South African Indian Council in 1974.[1]
He served on the steering committee of the president's council, under the chairpersonship of the previous vice president, Alwyn Schlebusch, in 1981.[1] In 1992 Abram was elected as a presiding officer of parliament and chairperson of the House of Delegates, a body in the Tricameral Parliament that was reserved for Indian South Africans.[1] He was elected to the Benoni Town Council in 1993.[1] In 1995 Abram was elected to the Greater Benoni Council and was appointed to serve on the executive committee.[1]
Abram joined the United Democratic Movement in 1997.[1] He was then elected as a Member of Parliament in the 1999 general election.[1] In 2003 he was approached by the national chairperson of the African National Congress, Mosioua Lekota, to join the ANC.[1] He joined the party the next year and was returned to parliament on the party list after that year's general election.[1] Abrams was then assigned to the agriculture and land affairs portfolio committee.[1] He was re-elected to Parliament in 2009.[2] Abram was an outspoken critic of the minister of agriculture, Tina Joemat-Peterson, who was also from the ANC.[3]
Prior to the 2014 general election, Abram resigned from the ANC and quit politics altogether.[3]
Personal life
editAbram lives in Benoni, Gauteng.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Matsimela, Maile (30 May 2014). "Seasoned local politician retires". Benoni City Press. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "List of national assembly MPs". Politicsweb. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ a b Yeld, John (24 April 2014). "MP quits ANC over clashes with Tina". IOL. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
External links
edit- Mr Salamuddi (Salam) Abram at People's Assembly