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Leslie Rubin

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Leslie Rubin
Press conference some writers of "Apartheid Made in Europe" in The Hague, 1986
Senate of South Africa
In office
1954–1960
Personal details
Born(1909-08-05)5 August 1909
Cape Town, Cape Colony
Died28 March 2002(2002-03-28) (aged 92)
Political partyLiberal Party
Other political
affiliations
United Party
ChildrenNeville Rubin
EducationDurban High School
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand
OccupationLawyer
Military service
AllegianceUnion of South Africa
Branch/serviceintelligence corps
Years of service1940–1945
RankLieutenant
Battles/warsNorth African campaign
Italian campaign

Leslie Rubin (5 August 1909 – 28 March 2002) was a South African senator and in 1953 one of the founding members of the Liberal Party, when prominent members of the United Party left the party in protest against the party's lack of vision regarding a racial policy. He was elected vice-chairman.[1][2][3]

Early career

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Rubin of a rabbi, Rubin was born in District Six, Cape Town and educated at Durban High School and the University of the Witwatersrand.

He began his legal practice in Durban, after joining the South African army in 1940, he was commissioned in the intelligence corps in north Africa, and later attached to the RAF in Italy.[4]

Political activities

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After the war, he settled in Cape Town and joined the War Veterans' Torch Commando, an organisation established to oppose the Nationalist government's plan to remove coloured voters from the common roll.[1]

Rubin became chairman of the Liberal Party in the Cape in 1954, was elected to the senate. He resigned from the senate in 1960, before the native representatives' seats were abolished.

Exile

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In 1960 went into exile. He first went to Ghana, where he was director of the Centre for African Law at the University of Ghana. He became chairman of the United States committee of the International Defence and Aid Fund, getting funds to South Africa to support political prisoners and their families.[1][3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Shaw, Gerald (2002-04-16). "Leslie Rubin". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  2. ^ "Prof Leslie (Laser) Rubin". geni_family_tree. 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  3. ^ a b "Leslie Rubin | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za.
  4. ^ "Leslie Rubin". The Observation Post.