Mcebisi Jonas
Mcebisi Hubert Jonas (born 1960) is a former Deputy Finance Minister of the Government of South Africa who served from 2014 to 2016. He has also been a Member of the Executive Council for Economic Development and Environmental Affairs in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa under the Premier of the Eastern Cape Phumulo Masualle, and was a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2014 to 2017.
Mcebisi Jonas | |
|---|---|
| Mcebisi Hubert Jonas | |
| Deputy Minister of Finance | |
| In office 26 May 2014 – 31 March 2017 | |
| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Minister | |
| Succeeded by | Sfiso Buthelezi |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 21 May 2014 – 6 April 2017 | |
| Constituency | Eastern Cape |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 (age 63–64) Uitenhage |
| Nationality | South African |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Spouse | Matshepo Jonas |
| Alma mater | Vista University Rhodes University |
He graduated from Vista University with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Sociology, and a Higher Diploma in Education from Rhodes University.
Jonas alleges that in 2015 the Gupta family offered him 600 million South African rand to be the next finance minister, as long as he followed their agenda.
In December 2019, Jonas was appointed as the Board Chairperson of South Africa's MTN Group, a South African multinational mobile telecommunications company.