Devagie Govender | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office May 1994 – June 1999 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 January 1934 |
Citizenship | South Africa |
Political party |
National Party New National Party |
Devagie Govender (born 21 January 1934) [1] is a retired South African politician who represented the National Party (NP) in the National Assembly during the first democratic Parliament. [2] She was elected in the 1994 general election. [3] Ahead of the 1999 general election, the NP's successor party, the New National Party, nominated her to stand for re-election, but she was ranked 36th on the party's regional list for KwaZulu-Natal and did not secure a seat. [1]
Educated at the University of Natal, Govender was a lawyer and educationist by profession and participated in the Convention for a Democratic South Africa. [4]