Jessie Duarte

Jessie Duarte
Duarte at the 2019 election manifesto launch
Acting Secretary-General of the African National Congress
In office 3 May 2021 – 17 July 2022 Serving with Paul Mashatile (19 January 2022)
President	Cyril Ramaphosa
Preceded by	Ace Magashule
Succeeded by	Paul Mashatile (acting solely)
Deputy Secretary-General of the African National Congress
In office 18 December 2012 – 17 July 2022
President	Jacob Zuma
Secretary-General	Gwede Mantashe Ace Magashule (suspended)
Preceded by	Thandi Modise
National Spokesperson of the African National Congress
In office 2003 – February 2009
President	Nelson Mandela Thabo Mbeki Jacob Zuma
Succeeded by	Carl Niehaus
Ambassador of South Africa to Mozambique
In office 1999–2003
President	Nelson Mandela Thabo Mbeki
Succeeded by	Thandi Lujabe-Rankoe
Personal details
Born	Yasmin Dangor (1953-09-19)19 September 1953 Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Died	17 July 2022(2022-07-17) (aged 68) Johannesburg, Gauteng, Republic of South Africa
Political party	African National Congress
Occupation	Politician diplomat civil servant anti-apartheid activist
Profession	Management accountant

Yasmin "Jessie" Duarte (née Dangor; 19 September 1953 – 17 July 2022) was a South African politician and acting secretary-general of the African National Congress. A longtime anti-apartheid activist, she served variously as a special assistant to Nelson Mandela, a member of the provincial cabinet (MEC) for Gauteng, as ambassador to Mozambique, and as spokesperson for the ANC, before assuming her post as Deputy Secretary-General of the ANC in 2012, until her death on 17 July 2022.