Lewis Nzimande

Lewis Paul Musawenkosi Nzimande is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Council of Provinces from 2009 to 2019.^[1] Before that he served in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2009.^[2][3]

Lewis Nzimande
Delegate to the National Council of Provinces
In office 7 May 2009 – 7 May 2019
Constituency	KwaZulu-Natal
Member of the National Assembly
In office June 1999 – 6 May 2009
Personal details
Citizenship	South Africa
Political party	African National Congress

During his second term in the National Council of Provinces, from 2015 to 2019,^[1] Nzimande co-chaired Parliament's Joint Committee on Constitutional Review, which considered – and ultimately recommended in favour of – amending Section 25 of the Constitution to provide for land expropriation without compensation.^[4][5] His co-chair was Vincent Smith of the National Assembly.^[6]