Leslie Rubin
South African politician (1909-2002)
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.
Early career
The son of a rabbi, Rubin was born in District Six, Cape Town. He was 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.
Political activities
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.
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
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.
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