Event details
Oct
29
Driving rapid reform in the wake of complexity and state capture - emerging lessons from South Africa
Leon Schreiber has served as South Africa’s Minister of Home Affairs since 3 July 2024. During his time in office he has overseen significant reform, accelerating the delivery of visas and crucial identity documents for South Africans and visitors. A member of the Democratic Alliance (DA), he has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since May 2019. Before his appointment to the cabinet, he served in the shadow cabinet as Shadow Minister of Public Service and Administration during the Sixth Parliament from May 2019 to June 2024.
Schreiber earned a Ph.D. in political science at the Free University of Berlin. Between 2015 and 2019, Schreiber was a senior research specialist with Princeton University’s Innovations for Successful Societies program. Schreiber is the author of a 2018 book, Coalition Country: South Africa After the ANC, which predicted that the African National Congress (ANC) would lose its electoral majority.
Speakers
Dr. Leon Schreiber, Minister of Home Affairs, South Africa
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Date
October 29, 2025Time
12:00 p.m.Location
Robertson Hall, 001Audience
External Sponsors
Sponsored by The Princeton School of Public & International Affairs – Innovations for Successful Societies, the Program on African Studies, and the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance.