| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Risenga Maluleke | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | Statistician-General of South Africa |
| Office1: | Statistician-General of South Africa |
| President1: | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Term Start1: | 6 March 2017 |
| Predecessor1: | Pali Lehohla |
| Office2: | Manager for Stats SA in Limpopo |
| President2: | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Term Start2: | 1 November 1997 |
| Term End2: | 1 November 2017 |
| Birthname: | Risenga Maluleke |
| Birth Date: | 1 February 1963 |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Party: | African National Congress |
Risenga Maluleke (born 1 February 1963) is a South African politician and educator who is the current Statistician-General of South Africa[1] [2] [3] since 2017 and head of Statistics South Africa.[4] [5] [6] He previously served as manager for Statistics South Africa in Limpopo Province, head of Department of Economic Development, as well as executive manager in the Office of the Statistician-General.
Maluleke was born on 1 February 1963. He has a bachelor's in mathematical statistics from University of Limpopo. In the early 1990s, he worked with Southern African Development Community and the United Nations Statistics Commission, as well as the Economic Commission for Africa.[7] [8]