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Jacob (Jackie) Sello Selebi (7 March 1950 – 23 January 2015) was the former national commissioner of the South African Police Service and the President of African National Congress Youth League 1987-1991, and a former president of Interpol. In January 2008, Selebi was put on extended leave as national police commissioner, and resigned as president of Interpol, after he was charged with corruption in his native South Africa. He was replaced as national commissioner in July 2009 by Bheki Cele. Selebi was found guilty of corruption on 2 July 2010 and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment on 3 August 2010.〔http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Selebi-gets-15-years-behind-bars-20100803〕 His appeal against his sentence was rejected by the Supreme Court of Appeal on 2 December 2011, after the court unanimously ruled against him. However, he was released on medical parole in July 2012. ==Biography== Selebi was born on 7 March 1950 in Johannesburg. Selebi was a representative of the Soviet Union's World Federation of Democratic Youth in Budapest, Hungary, from 1983 to 1987.〔(Jacob (Jackie) Selebi, WhosWho Southern Africa )〕 In 1987 he was elected head of the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League while in exile in Zambia. In the same year, he was appointed to the National Executive Committee of the ANC.〔 In 1991 he was made responsible for the repatriation of ANC exiles back into South Africa, and was appointed head of the Department of Welfare of the ANC in 1993.〔 In 1994 he was elected as a Member of Parliament for the ANC.〔 From 1995 to 1998, Selebi served as the South African ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations.〔 In 1998, he was appointed Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pretoria, a post he held until 1999.〔 In 1998, Selebi received a Human Rights Award from the International Service for Human Rights.〔 〕 In 2000, he was made national commissioner of the South African Police Service, a post he held until 2009.〔 During that time, he was elected vice-president of Interpol (African region) in 2002, as post he held until 2004.〔 In 2004, he was elected as president of Interpol, a post he held until 2008.〔 During his time with Interpol, Selebi also served as Chair of the Anti-Landmine Conference, Oslo, Norway; Chair of Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster; and Chair - Human Rights Commission, United Nations, 54th Session.〔 He resigned both as National Police Commissioner and President of Interpol in 2008 when corruption charges were laid against him. On 23 January 2015, after diagnoses of diabetes, kidney failure, and hypertension, Selebi died of a stroke, according to South African officials.〔("Disgraced former South Africa police chief Selebi dies." ) ''Reuters''. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jackie Selebi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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