Farida Mahomed

Farida Mahomed (born 2 February 1955) is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) as a backbencher in the National Assembly from 1996 to 2009 and later from 2013 to 2014.

Farida Mahomed
Member of the National Assembly
In office 15 August 2013 – May 2014
Constituency	Gauteng
In office May 1996 – May 2009
Personal details
Born	(1955-02-02) 2 February 1955 (age 70)
Citizenship	South Africa
Political party	African National Congress

Early life

Mahomed was born on 2 February 1955.^[1]

Legislative career

Mahomed was not initially elected to Parliament in the 1994 general election,^[2] but she joined the caucus during the legislative term, in 1996, to fill a casual vacancy.^[3] She served three consecutive terms in the seat, gaining election to full terms in 1999^[1] and 2004.^[4] She was a member of the project committee on Muslim personal law established by the Law Commission to draft the Muslim Marriages Bill.^[5]

In the 2009 general election, Mahomed was not initially re-elected to her seat. However, she returned on 15 August 2013, when she was sworn in to the assembly to fill the casual vacancy arising from Loretta Jacobus's resignation.^[6] In the general election the next year, she was ranked 35th on the ANC's regional party list for Gauteng and she again lost her seat.^[7]