George Boinamo | |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly of South Africa |
Term Start: | 2004 |
Term End: | 2014 |
Office1: | DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs |
Leader1: | Lindiwe Mazibuko |
Term Start1: | 1 February 2012 |
Term End1: | 6 May 2014 |
Predecessor1: | Marta Wenger |
Successor1: | Nqaba Bhanga |
Office2: | DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Labour |
Leader2: | Lindiwe Mazibuko Athol Trollip |
Term Start2: | 6 September 2010 |
Term End2: | 1 February 2012 |
Predecessor2: | Ian Ollis |
Successor2: | Haniff Hoosen |
Office3: | DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training |
Term Start3: | 14 May 2009 |
Term End3: | 6 September 2010 |
Predecessor3: | Position established |
Successor3: | Andricus van der Westhuizen |
Birthname: | George Gaolatlhe Boinamo |
Birth Date: | 1948 |
Nationality: | South African |
Party: | Democratic Alliance (2003–present) |
Spouse: | Moira |
Profession: | Politician Educator |
George Gaolatlhe Boinamo (born 1948) is a South African politician who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Democratic Alliance from 2004 to 2014.
Boinamo was born in 1948. He trained to become a teacher at the Hebron College of Education in 1978. He went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts in Education from the University of the Witwatersrand, before graduating with a Master's degree in Education in 1997.[1]
Boinamo joined the Democratic Alliance in 2003 and was elected to the National Assembly in 2004.[2] During his first term, he was the DA's spokesperson on education. In October 2008, Boinamo voted against the disbandment of the Scorpions.[3]
After his re-election to parliament in 2009, Boinamo was appointed Shadow Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training.[4] He served in the position until September 2010, when he replaced Ian Ollis as Shadow Deputy Minister of Labour.[5] He became the Shadow Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in February 2012.[6]
Boinamo did not stand for re-election in the 2014 general election. He left parliament on 6 May 2014.
Boinamo is married to Moira. In 2008, Boinamo and his wife were the victims of an alleged racist attack.[7]