Billy Lesedi Masetlha | |
Office: | National Intelligence Agency - Director-General |
Term Start: | 2004 |
Term End: | 2005 |
Predecessor: | Vusi Mavimbela |
Successor: | Manala Manzini |
Office2: | South African Secret Service - Director-General |
Term Start2: | 1996 |
Term End2: | 1999 |
Predecessor2: | Mike Louw |
Successor2: | Hilton Dennis |
Birth Date: | 1954 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa |
Citizenship: | South African citizenship |
Nationality: | South African |
Party: | African National Congress |
Profession: | Spy, diplomat, South African Ambassador to Algeria |
Billy Masetlha (21 November 1954 – 14 May 2023) was a South African intelligence officer. He was the head of the South African National Intelligence Agency before being fired by South African President Thabo Mbeki in 2006.[1] [2]
Masetlha died on 14 May 2023, at the age of 68.[3]