Frances Beatrice Marshoff

Personal

Date of Birth: 17 September 1957
Marital Status: Married

Current Positions

Premier of Free State Province since 22 April 2004.

Academic Qualifications

• Matriculated with first class and exemption from Dr Blok Senior Secondary School in Heidedal, Bloemfontein (1975).
• Diploma in Midwifery.
• Diploma in Intensive care Nursing.
• Diploma in Operation Threatre Nursing Science.

Career/Memberships/Positions/Other Activities

• Worked in Johannesburg as a professional nurse (1977 - 1982).
• Became involved in politics.
• Serves in various Regional and provincial Committee Structures.
• Member of the Health Workers Association.
• Member of the South African Health and Social Services Organisation.
• Member of the Finance, Health and Public Accounts Portfolio Committees.
• Member of the National Assembly (1994).
• Served in the Finance and Public Accounts Portfolio Committees.
• Served in the Health Portfolio Committees.
• Member of Free State Health and Welfare Transitional Facilitating Committee.
• Member of the Free State Community Health Committee.
• Founder member of the National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) in Free State.
• Member of the Community Health Committee.
• Chairperson of the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) Portfolio Committee (1998).
• Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on Health Financing (1998).
• Member of the Ad Hoc Committee of Surrogate Motherhood.
• Member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Termination of pregnancy.
• Member of the Ad Hoc Committee of Equity Bill.
• Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Social Development in the Free State (June 2001 - 21 April 2004).