February 1997, he was elected permanent Deputy Chair of the National Council of Provinces and was largely responsible for implementing the provisions of the Constitution relating to the council. He was chairperson of Joint committee on Human Rights Commission and member of the following committees: Joint Committee on Public Protector, Steering Committee on Public Protector, Steering committee on implementation of the new constitution, Senate rules committee, Senate select committee on Justice, and the Judicial Services Commission. On 16 July 1998, he was elected as the first National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), the head of the National Prosecuting Authority, and by 1999 was an affiliate member of the International Association of Prosecutors. He resigned as NDPP in 2004. His wife, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, became the Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs in Thabo Mbeki's cabinet, and later Deputy President of South Africa. Honors and awards Ngcuka was voted 89th in the Top 100 Great South Africans in 2004. Master of Arts in International Relations - Webster University References 1954 births Living people People from Mbhashe Local Municipality Xhosa people African National Congress politicians Members of the National Council of Provinces Anti-apartheid activists 20th-century South African lawyers University of Fort Hare alumni University of South Africa alumni Academic staff of the University of the Western Cape 21st-century South African lawyers