Lucy Mapena | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MPL |
Office: | Deputy Speaker of the Free State Provincial Legislature |
Term Start: | 22 May 2019 |
Predecessor: | Sizwe Mbalo |
Office1: | Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature |
Term Start1: | 21 May 2014 |
Nationality: | South African |
Profession: | Politician |
Lucy Nombulelo Mapena is a South African politician who has been serving as the deputy speaker of the Free State Provincial Legislature since May 2019. A member of the African National Congress, she was elected to the provincial legislature in May 2014.
Mapena is a member of the African National Congress. Prior to the provincial election held on 7 May 2014, Mapena was ranked fourteenth on the party's provincial list.[1] She was elected to the Free State Provincial Legislature as the ANC won 22 seats.[2] Mapena was sworn in as an MPL on 21 May 2014.
Before the provincial election of 8 May 2019, Mapena was placed fifteenth on the ANC's provincial list. She won re-election as the ANC won 19 seats.[3] She was sworn in for her second term on 22 May 2019. On the same day, Mapena was elected deputy speaker of the legislature, deputising for Zanele Sifuba.[4]