Essop Essak Jassat (born 5 October 1932) is a retired South African politician and medical doctor who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2004.
[2] He also provided medical treatment to the MK high command at Liliesleaf Farm in the weeks before their arrest in 1963.
[2] In the 1994 general election, South Africa's first under universal suffrage, Jassat was elected to represent the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly, the lower house of the new South African Parliament.
[3] During that time, in 2015, President Jacob Zuma awarded him the Order of Luthuli in silver "for his excellent contribution to the struggle for liberation and advancing democracy in South Africa, through selfless sacrifice without regard for his own safety and wellbeing".
[4][2] In 2018, the ANC appointed him to its internal Integrity Commission, then led by George Mashamba.