Please answer the following question: Facts: - president: jacob zuma jacob zuma - successor: nhlanhla musa nene - party: african 2009 -rrb- national congress south african communist party -lrb- until - predecessor: lechesa tsenoli trevor manuel - office: minister finance commissioner of the south african revenue service of cooperative governance and traditional affairs minister of - term end: 25 may 2014 2009 - term start: 25 may 2014 1999 - birth date: 12 april 1949 - name: pravin gordhan - nationality: south african - birth place: durban , south africa - religion: hindu Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of pravin gordhan .
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pravin jamnadas gordhan -lrb- born 12 april 1949 in durban -rrb- is a south african politician , currently serving as the minister of cooperative governance and traditional affairs and is the former minister of finance serving from 2009 -- 2014 .