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eventREF E-0013421Revised

26 January 1999

Chairman of the IEC resigns

Updated
30 Sep 2019
Chairman of the IEC resigns

Chairperson of the South African Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Judge Johann Kriegler, resigned from his position two years after the Commission's establishment. Kriegler cited his protracted dispute with the government over finances and control of the IEC and the administration of elections as reasons. He was temporarily replaced by his deputy, Dr Brigalia Bam, until she was appointed permanently to the position by President Nelson Mandela.

How we know this

  1. 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.
  2. 02Mandela, N.R., (1999), STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON THE RESIGNATION OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION, from Polity, 26 January, [online], Available at www.polity.org.za [Accessed: 07 January 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Chairman of the IEC resigns. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013421

South African History Online (2011) 'Chairman of the IEC resigns', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013421 (Accessed: 13 October 2026).

South African History Online, Chairman of the IEC resigns [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013421, (accessed 13 October 2026).

"Chairman of the IEC resigns." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013421. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Chairman of the IEC resigns." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013421.

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