Nozipho Mxakato-Diseko (1 November 1956) is a South African diplomat. She is currently the United Nations Ambassador for South Africa.[1] For the Paris Agreement, Mxakato-Diseko was the leader of the G77 bloc during negotiations.[2]
Mxakato-Diseko was born in Johannesburg on 1 November 1956.[3] She attended Somerville College, Oxford and has a doctorate in philosophy which she earned in 1991.[4][3] She worked as a campaigner for the African National Congress (ANC) and also as an activist in Soweto for the ANC.[5][3] She also raised money for the British Defence and Aid Fund.[3]
Mxakato-Diseko began as a representative of South Africa at the International Atomic Energy Agency in the mid-1990s.[5] She has been the South African negotiator since 2011.[4]