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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1970}}<ref name = "TauInfo2">[http://www.joburg-archive.co.za/2006/pdfs/profiles/mayoral_committee.pdf Mayoral Committee]. ''Johannesburg''.</ref>
| birth_place = [[Orlando, Soweto]], [[South Africa]]
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'''Mpho Franklyn Parks Tau''' (born 1970) is a South African politician who
He served as a [[Member of the National Assembly of South Africa]] Before becoming a member of Parliament, Tau had been a [[Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature]] where he served in the [[Gauteng Executive Council]] as MEC for Economic Development from December 2020 to October 2022. Prior to that, he was Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs between May 2019 and December 2020. Tau was the second democratically elected mayor, after [[Amos Masondo]], of the Unified [[City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality|City of Johannesburg]]. He lost the mayoralty to the DA's [[Herman Mashaba]] in a historic defeat on 22 August 2016. From 2018 to 2022, he was the [[Provincial Executive Committees of the African National Congress|provincial treasurer of the Gauteng ANC branch]]. In December 2022, he was elected to a five-year term on the [[National Executive Committee of the African National Congress]].
==Early life==
Tau was born in [[Orlando West]], a neighbourhood of [[Soweto]], on 6 June 1970. At the age of fourteen, he joined the Congress of South African Students (COSAS),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/congress-south-african-students-cosas|title=Congress of South African Students (COSAS)|last=jonas|date=2012-03-12|website=sahistory.org.za|access-date=2016-05-03}}</ref> and became engaged in student activism for the first time. In the 1980s, he was detained several times during national states of emergency—periods of strict restrictions on anti-apartheid activities—which were declared by the apartheid government of the time that was determined to regain control over the population. Tau was later elected president of the Student Representative Council at Pace Commercial College. In 1989, at the age of 19, Tau was elected president of the Soweto Youth Congress,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/organisations/south-african-youth-congress-sayco|title=South African Youth Congress (SAYCO)|last=Anonymous|date=2011-03-30|website=sahistory.org.za|access-date=2016-05-03}}</ref> and later he became a member of the African National Congress Youth League.
==Early career ==
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=== Return to national government ===
Tau was, however, elected to the [[National Executive Committee of the African National Congress]] at the party's 55th National Conference in December 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |title=LIVE BLOG: The ANC announces new members of the National Executive Committee|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/live-blog-the-anc-announces-new-members-of-the-national-executive-committee-b3bd5a0c-9eae-4a46-94d8-f49dd34bec3f |access-date=2023-02-05}}</ref> On 26 January 2023, it was announced that Tau would be sworn in as a member of the National Assembly of South Africa amid speculation that he would be appointed to cabinet as a minister.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Masuabi |first=Queenin |date=2023-02-03 |title=THE SHUFFLE: Four ANC members will be sworn in as MPs to pave way for Ramaphosa’s new-look Cabinet |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-02-03-five-anc-members-will-be-sworn-in-as-mps-to-pave-way-for-ramaphosas-new-look-cabinet/ |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Daily Maverick}}</ref> On 1 February 2023, Tau was replaced as chairperson of the Gauteng legislature's Finance Committee after he had resigned from the provincial legislature.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mahlati |first=Zintle |title=Parks Tau replaced as Gauteng legislature finance chair amid imminent Cabinet reshuffle |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/political-parties/parks-tau-replaced-as-gauteng-legislature-finance-chair-amid-imminent-cabinet-reshuffle-20230201 |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=News24}}</ref> Tau was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on 6 February 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ludidi |first=Velani |date=2023-02-06 |title=THE SHUFFLE: Edging closer to Cabinet, Paul Mashatile and three other ANC members sworn in as MPs |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-02-06-edging-closer-to-cabinet-paul-mashatile-and-three-other-anc-members-sworn-in-as-mps/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Daily Maverick}}</ref> A month later, he returned to the position of Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs following a cabinet reshuffle done by Ramaphosa.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Payne |first=Suné |date=2023-03-07 |title=THE SHUFFLE: It’s official, SA’s seven new ministers and nine deputy ministers sworn into office |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-07-its-official-sas-seven-new-ministers-and-nine-deputy-ministers-sworn-into-office/ |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Daily Maverick}}</ref>
He was defeated for re-election in the [[2024 South African general election]], however was later brought back to Parliament due to the resignation of [[Cyril Ramaphosa]].<ref>https://www.pa.org.za/person/nomasonto-evelyn-motaung/</ref>
==Philanthropy==
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