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Sylvia Lucas is the fourth Premier of the Northern Cape Province, South Africa, elected and inaugurated as successor to Hazel Jenkins. She served briefly as Acting Premier and before that as MEC (Member of the Executive Council) for Environmental Affairs in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature.〔(Lucas appointed new Northern Cape Premier )〕〔"Jenkins bly premier: opposisie slaan kitaar in politieke drama" (Jenkins remains premier: opposition strums the guitar in political drama), Volksblad, 1 May 2013, p 1.〕〔"Jenkins resigns from top post" ''Diamond Fields Advertiser'' 23 May 2013 p 8.〕〔(Northern Cape premier to be elected, sworn in – ''City Press'' 23 May 2013 )〕 She was born on 22 April 1964, and grew up in Upington in the Northern Cape.〔"Sylvia – a profile of a Premier " ''Diamond Fields Advertiser'' 3 April 2013 p 2.〕 ==Education and career== Lucas attended the Carlton Van Heerden High School in Upington where in the early 1980s she first became involved in political activities.〔(Lucas appointed new Northern Cape Premier, SABC News, 19 April 2013 )〕 She later took part in the Rosedale rent boycotts, and was part of the delegation to the Transitional Council, to ensure provision of prepaid electricity to communities when they could not afford conventional electrical power.〔(Lucas appointed new Northern Cape Premier, SABC News, 19 April 2013 )〕 Sylvia Lucas joined the African National Congress (ANC) as an ordinary branch member in 1992〔(''Mail and Guardian'' 10 Apr 2013 )〕〔"Sylvia – a profile of a Premier " ''Diamond Fields Advertiser'' 3 April 2013 p 2.〕 From 1995 to 2000 Lucas served as a councillor for the //Khara Hais Local Municipality, in Upington, while serving in regional structures of the ANC in the area. She served as the first female chairperson of the ANC in Siyanda region from 2001 to 2004.〔"Sylvia – a profile of a Premier " ''Diamond Fields Advertiser'' 3 April 2013 p 2.〕 In 2000 Lucas was elected to serve in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature. Her name was fourth on the candidate list for the Northern Cape announced by ANC Secretary General Kgalema Motlanthe in 2003.〔"Sylvia – a profile of a Premier " ''Diamond Fields Advertiser'' 3 April 2013 p 2.〕 In 2004 she was elected on the provincial executive committee of the ANC in the Northern Cape. She had also meanwhile risen through the ranks of the ANC Women's League, acting as provincial secretary following the resignation of Maykie Dipuo. This position made her an ex officio member of the league's national executive committee. By 2007, as deputy provincial chairwoman of the Women's League. In 2009 she was appointed as the MEC Environment and Nature Conservation in the Northern Cape..〔"Sylvia – a profile of a Premier " ''Diamond Fields Advertiser'' 3 April 2013 p 2.〕 Lucas participated in ANC international study tours in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States, and "holds numerous university certificates."〔(Lucas appointed new Northern Cape Premier, SABC News, 19 April 2013 )〕 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「Sylvia Lucas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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