Mbeki Thabo Mvuyelwa

Mbe·ki

 (əm-bā′kē), Thabo Mvuyelwa Born 1942.

South African economist and politician who served as president from 1999 to 2008. He pursued free-market economic policies and was criticized for his skepticism toward scientific explanations for the spread of AIDS.

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