Pali Lehohla Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Pali Lehohla
Honorific-Suffix:former Statistician-General of South Africa
Office1:Statistician-General of South Africa
President1:Cyril Ramaphosa
Term Start1:1 March 2000
Term End1:1 March 2017
Successor1:Risenga Maluleke
Birthname:Pali Lehohla
Birth Date:1 February 1963
Nationality:South African
Party:African National Congress

Pali Lehohla (born 27 September 1957) is a South African analyst and public educator who was the former Statistician-General of South Africa[1] [2] [3] [4] from 2000 and the chair of Africa Symposium for Statistical Development (ASSD). He previously served as chair of the United Nations Statistics Commission, as well as Chair of Statistics Commission Africa.[5]

Early life and education

Lehohla was born on 27 of September 1957. He has an honorary doctorate from the University of Stellenbosch, Certificate of Toponymy from University of Pretoria and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Lesotho.[6] In the early 1990s, he worked with United Nations Statistics Commission and chair for the Sub-Group on Harmonization of Statistics in Africa, as well as the chief advisor to the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MOC) of the 2008 Population and Housing Census of Sudan.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bateman . Barry . Risenga Maluleke appointed new statistician-general . 2023-11-16 . ewn.co.za . en.
  2. Web site: October 20, 2017 . New Statistician-General and Head of Statistics South Africa is appointed . 2023-11-16 . www.statssa.gov.za.
  3. Web site: Pali Lehohla OPHI . 2023-11-16 . ophi.org.uk.
  4. Web site: Meintjies . Ilze-Marie . 'Next statistician-general must have good understanding of SA landscape' . 2023-11-16 . ewn.co.za . en.
  5. 2015-07-01 . Tracking progress to 2030 . Bulletin of the World Health Organization . 93 . 7 . 444–445 . 10.2471/BLT.15.030715 . 0042-9686 . 4490820 . 26170501 . Lehohla . P. . Fleck . F. .
  6. Web site: Profile Interview: Dr Pali Lehohla .
  7. Web site: 2018-08-04 . Pali Lehohla . 2023-11-16 . Jozi Book Fair . en-ZA.