Party: | Inkatha Freedom Party (since 1993) |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly |
Termstart1: | May 1994 |
Termend1: | June 1999 |
Citizenship: | South Africa |
Birth Date: | 25 May 1952 |
Death Date: | (aged 69) |
Birth Place: | Mtunzini, Natal Province Union of South Africa |
Otherparty: | National Party Democratic Party |
Michael Abraham (25 May 1952 – January 2022) was a South African politician and lawyer who served in the National Assembly from 1994 to 1999. He represented the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), which he joined in 1993 while representing the Tongaat constituency in the apartheid-era House of Delegates.
Abraham was born on 25 May 1952 in Mtunzini on the North Coast of the former Natal Province.[1] He matriculated at Stanger High School and practiced as a lawyer, while also acting as a Christian minister in Tongaat. He represented Tongaat in the House of Delegates, the Indian house of the Tricameral Parliament, variously as a member of the National Party, the Democratic Party, and, from April 1993, the IFP.[2]
In the 1994 general election, he was elected to represent the IFP in the new multi-racial National Assembly.[3] He was later a local councillor. He died in January 2015 after being diagnosed with cancer.