Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi (née Thakur; born 17 November 1964) is a South African politician who has been the leader of the Minority Front since 2012.

[1] She was raised and educated in Newcastle in northwest Natal; an avid competitive debater, she was also head girl at St Oswald's High School in 1982, the year she matriculated.

[1][2] Thakur-Rajbansi joined the Minority Front (MF) in 1998 after expressing an interest in politics to Amichand Rajbansi, the party's founder, who later became her husband.

[5] She said that she would seek to continue Rajbansi's legacy, particularly by maintaining the party's staunch support for the protection of minority rights.

[8] Among the matters of contention was an attempt by Thakur-Rajbansi to remove Roy Bhoola from his position as the MF's sole representative in the National Assembly; the move was later reversed by court order.

[4] By the time of the 2016 local elections, the Business Day observed that the MF had "disintegrated under the leadership" of Thakur-Rajbansi, particularly due to fragmentation caused by internal disputes.

[10] The party lost its parliamentary representation in the 2014 general election, retaining only Thakur-Rajbansi's seat in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature.

[13] Thakur-Rajbansi remarried to Amichand Rajbansi on 30 March 2001 in Durban at a traditional Hindu ceremony that included speeches by politicians Faith Gasa and Margaret Rajbally.