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Advocate Thulisile (Thuli) Nomkhosi Madonsela, was appointed by the President as South Africa’s third Public Protector in October 2009 after being recommended by Parliament following a hundred percent vote in her favour by all parties represented in Parliament.
A human rights and constitutional lawyer, equality expert and policy specialist with over two decades of post legal qualification experience, Advocate Madonsela had previously been the only full-time Commissioner in the South African Law Reform Commission. One of the drafters of South Africa’s post apartheid constitution, Advocate Madonsela is also co-architect of Justice Vision 2000, the National Action Plan on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. Advocate Madonsela holds a BA Law (UNI WA) and an LLB (Wits).
