Ben Turok

Ben Turok
Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interest
In office
8 February 2011 – 6 May 2014
Serving with Buoang Mashile
Preceded byLuwellyn Landers
Succeeded byAmos Masondo
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1994 – 6 May 2014
Personal details
BornBenjamin Turok
(1927-06-26)26 June 1927
Died9 December 2019(2019-12-09) (aged 92)
CitizenshipSouth Africa
PartyAfrican National Congress
Other political
affiliations
Congress of Democrats
South African Communist Party
SpouseMary Turok
Children3, including Neil Turok
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Benjamin Turok (26 June 1927 – 9 December 2019) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and economics professor. He represented the African National Congress in the post-apartheid National Assembly from 1994 to 2014.