deputy predecessor successor president party birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name
kebby maphatsoe lindiwe sisulu ngconde balfour mangosuthu buthelezi s ` bu ndebele nkosazana dlamini-zuma jacob zuma jacob zuma thabo mbeki kgalema motlanthe african national congress 13 november 1956 minister services minister of home affairs of defence and military veterans minister of correctional 12 june 2012 11 may 2009 29 april 2004 charles nqakula nosiviwe mapisa-nqakula
 12 june 2012 10 may 2009 nosiviwe mapisa-nqakula
nosiviwe mapisa-nqakula

nosiviwe noluthando mapisa-nqakula -lrb- born 13 november 1956 -rrb- is a south african politician who was appointed minister of defence and military veterans by president jacob zuma in june 2012 .
she was minister of home affairs from 2004 to 2009 and minister of correctional services from 2009 to 2012 .
mapisa-nqakula obtained a teacher 's diploma from the bensonvale teachers college .
in 1984 , she left south africa to undergo military training in angola and the soviet union .
during this time she served as the head of a commission that was set up to investigate desertions of anc umkhonto we sizwe -lrb- mk -rrb- members to the united nations high commissioner for refugees -lrb- unhcr -rrb- in angola .
she is married to charles nqakula .
in 1993 , she became the secretary-general of the anc women 's league .
before her appointment as minister of home affairs , she held the position as deputy-minister of the department .
