John Carmichael | |
Office1: | Minister of Finance |
Term Start1: | November 1998 |
Term End1: | February 2001 |
Predecessor1: | Themba Masuku |
Successor1: | Majozi Sithole |
Birth Date: | 1 August 1947 |
Death Date: | 2019 |
John Philip Carmichael was politician, businessman and botanist from Swaziland.
He was born on 1 August 1947.[1] His forefathers settled to Swaziland from Scotland in 1800s. He was the owner and mastermind behind the establishment of Summerfield Botanical Gardens in 1980s.[2]
Carmichael was minister of housing and urban development from 1993 to 1998.[3] He was the minister of finance of Swaziland from November 1998 to February 2001.[4] He was then appointed as minister of education[5] [6] until 2003, when he was appointed as minister of public works and transport. He left the cabinet in 2003.[7]
Carmichael died in 2019.[8]