Mangosuthu Buthelezi

**Mangosuthu Buthelezi** (27 August 1928 – 9 September 2023) was a South African politician and Zulu tribal leader. He founded the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in 1975 and was Chief Minister of the KwaZulu bantustan until 1994. He was Minister of Home Affairs of South Africa from 1994 to 2004. His praise name was **Shenge**.

During the CODESA negotiations of the early 1990s, he represented the IFP. Following the introduction of the universal franchise in the 1994 general election, Buthelezi led the IFP to join the government of national unity, led by Nelson Mandela. Buthelezi served as Minister of Home Affairs until 2004. He continued to serve as both leader of the IFP and an MP, retaining his seat in the 2014 general election.

In 1964 he played King Cetshwayo kaMpande (his own maternal great-grandfather) in the movie _Zulu_.

Buthelezi died on 9 September at his home in Ulundi, South Africa at the age of 95.

## Other websites

- A biography of Buthelezi
- News item that discusses Buthelezi's firing as Minister of Home Affairs
- Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
- Genealogy of Buthelezi Tribe
- DR. MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI, MP – PRESIDENT OF THE INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
- Inkosi Mangosuthu BUTHELEZI
- Speech by Mangosuthu Buthelezi to The Heritage Foundation, 19 June 1991.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office3**: Chief Minister of KwaZulu
- **term start3**: 1 February 1977
- **term end3**: 26 April 1994
- **predecessor3**: _Position established _
- **successor3**: _Position abolished_
- **office4**: Chief Executive Councillor of KwaZulu
- **term start4**: April 1972
- **term end4**: 31 January 1977
- **predecessor4**: _Position established_
- **successor4**: _Position abolished_
- **office5**: Chief Executive Officer of the Zululand Territorial Authority
- **term start5**: 9 June 1970
- **term end5**: 1 April 1972
- **predecessor5**: _Position established_
- **successor5**: _Position abolished_


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office6**: Traditional Prime Minister
- **term start6**: 1954
- **term end6**: 2023
- **predecessor6**: Inkosi Mathole Buthelezi
- **office7**: Inkosi of the Buthelezi Clan in Mahlabathini
- **term start7**: 1953
- **term end7**: 2023
- **predecessor7**: Inkosi Mathole Buthelezi


## Infobox (royalty)

- **embed**: yes
- **house**: House of Zulu, Zulu
- **religion**: Anglican


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Honourable Prince
- **image**: Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1983).jpg
- **caption**: Buthelezi in 1983
- **office**: Minister of Home Affairs (South Africa), Minister of Home Affairs
- **term start**: 10 May 1994
- **term end**: 13 July 2004
- **predecessor**: Danie Schutte
- **successor**: Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
- **office1**: Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
- **term start1**: 29 April 1994
- **term end1**: 9 September 2023
- **constituency1**: KwaZulu Natal
- **office2**: President of the Inkatha Freedom Party
- **term start2**: 21 March 1975
- **term end2**: 25 August 2019
- **predecessor2**: _Position established_
- **successor2**: Velenkosini Hlabisa
- **birth name**: Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
- **birth place**: Mahlabathini, Natal (province), Natal, South Africa
- **death place**: Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- **party**: Inkatha Freedom Party, IFP
- **otherparty**: African National Congress
- **children**: 8, including Sbuyiselwe Angela Buthelezi, Sibuyiselwe Angela
- **residence**: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
- **known for**: Founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP, 1975)