Ronald Lamola

The Honourable Ronald Lamola MP
Lamola in 2024
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 July 2024
President	Cyril Ramaphosa
Deputy	Alvin Botes Thandi Moraka
Preceded by	Naledi Pandor
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
In office 30 May 2019 – 30 June 2024
President	Cyril Ramaphosa
Deputy	John Jeffery Inkosi Phathekile Holomisa
Preceded by	Michael Masutha
Succeeded by	Thembi Nkadimeng (Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development) Pieter Groenewald (Minister of Correctional Services)
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2019
Deputy President of the African National Congress Youth League
In office June 2011 – April 2012
President	Julius Malema
Preceded by	Andile Lungisa
Succeeded by	Desmond Moela
Personal details
Born	Ronald Ozzy Lamola (1983-11-21) 21 November 1983 (age 40) Bushbuckridge, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Political party	African National Congress
Spouse	Bawinile “Winnie” Msiza ​ ​ (m. 2013)​
Education	Mchacka High School.[1]
Alma mater	University of Venda (Law degree) University of South Africa (PLT) University of Pretoria (LLM) Wits Enterprise (PGC)
Occupation	Lawyer politician legislator businessman youth activist

Ronald Ozzy Lamola (born 21 November 1983) is a South African lawyer and politician who is the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 22 May 2019 as a member of the African National Congress (ANC). He was Minister of Justice and Correctional Services from May 2019 to June 2024. He is a member of the ANC's National Executive Committee and National Working Committee. Lamola had previously been involved in the African National Congress Youth League.^[2][3][4]