Ben Turok

Ben Turok
Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interest
In office 8 February 2011 – 6 May 2014 Serving with Buoang Mashile
Preceded by	Luwellyn Landers
Succeeded by	Amos Masondo
Member of the National Assembly
In office 1994 – 6 May 2014
Personal details
Born	Benjamin Turok (1927-06-26)26 June 1927 Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia
Died	9 December 2019(2019-12-09) (aged 92) Cape Town, South Africa
Citizenship	South Africa
Political party	African National Congress
Other political affiliations	Congress of Democrats South African Communist Party
Spouse	Mary Turok
Children	3, including Neil Turok

Benjamin Turok (26 June 1927 – 9 December 2019) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and economics professor. He represented the African National Congress in the post-apartheid National Assembly from 1994 to 2014.^[1]