Mlibo Qoboshiyane

Mlibo Qoboshiyane (born 16 June 1974) is a South African politician who has been serving as Deputy Speaker of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since 17 May 2018.

Before that, he was the Eastern Cape's Member of the Executive Council for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform from 2014 to 2018 under Premier Phumulo Masualle.

On 17 May 2018, he was elected unopposed as the Deputy Speaker of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature; he succeeded Bulelwa Tunyiswa, who had been appointed to the Executive Council in the same reshuffle in which Qoboshiyane was fired.

[12] Mabuyane and Babalo Madikizela were viewed as the frontrunners in the election, but Qoboshiyane presented himself as a compromise candidate leading a slate which also included MECs Fundile Gade and Weziwe Tikana-Gxothiwe.

[9][13] Mabuyane ultimately won re-election and, at the same conference, Qoboshiyane failed to gain election to the ANC's Provincial Executive Committee.