Alex Chekkat Jacob Explained

Party:African National Congress
Office1:Member of the National Assembly
Termstart1:7 August 2008
Termend1:May 2009
Citizenship:South Africa
Death Date: (aged 68)

Alex Chekkat Jacob (died July 2021) was a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from August 2008 to May 2009. He was sworn in to fill a casual vacancy in the ANC caucus.[1]

Jacob was from Thiruvalla in Kerala, India, where he was active in the Congress Party. He settled in the Northern Cape of South Africa in the 1980s and worked as a teacher.[2] He died in South Africa in July 2021, aged 68.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2009-01-15 . National Assembly Members . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090514071402/http://www.pmg.org.za/parlinfo/nalist#_ftnref87 . 14 May 2009 . 2023-04-08 . Parliamentary Monitoring Group.
  2. Web site: 2021-07-20 . Alex Chekkat, A Former South African MP From Thiruvalla, Dies In Northern Cape . 2023-04-11 . NRI Vision . en-US.