I. C. Meer

I. C. Meer
Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
In office
May 1994 – 1 May 2000
Personal details
Born
Ismail Chota Meer

(1918-09-05)5 September 1918
Wasbank, Natal Province
Union of South Africa
Died1 May 2000(2000-05-01) (aged 81)
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Republic of South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Other political
affiliations
South African Indian Congress
Communist Party of South Africa
Spouse
(m. 1951)
Children3, including Shehnaz Meer
Alma materUniversity of Natal
University of the Witwatersrand

Ismail Chota Meer OLS (5 September 1918 – 1 May 2000), sometimes spelled Ismael Meer, was a South African lawyer, writer, and anti-apartheid activist. He was the secretary of the Transvaal Indian Congress during the presidency of Yusuf Dadoo, and he later held leadership positions in the Natal Indian Congress and South African Indian Congress. After the end of apartheid, he represented the African National Congress in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from May 1994 until his death in May 2000.


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