Benedicta van Minnen

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Benedicta van Minnen
MP
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Personal details
Born (1970-12-10) 10 December 1970 (age 51)
NationalitySouth African
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
Alma materUniversity of Cape Town
OccupationPolitician

Benedicta Maria van Minnen (born 10 December 1970) is a South African politician and a member of the Democratic Alliance. She has been a Member of the National Assembly since 22 May 2019. Previously, she served as a councillor in the City of Cape Town.

Early life and education[]

Van Minnen studied at the University of Cape Town. In 1991, she was elected to the university's Student Representative Council (SRC).[1]

Political career[]

A member of the Democratic Alliance, she was first elected as the ward councillor for ward 15 in the City of Cape Town in the 2011 municipal election.[1]

Mayoral Committee Member for Health, , was elected to the National Assembly at the 2014 general election, which caused the position to become vacant. Consequently, mayor Patricia de Lille appointed Van Minnen to the post.[2] De Lille moved her to the housing portfolio in January 2015.[3] Van Minnen was elected as a PR councillor in the August 2016 municipal election.[1] De Lille kept her in the mayoral committee until January 2017.[4][5]

Parliamentary career[]

Prior to the 8 May 2019 general election, Van Minnen was ranked second on the DA's Western Cape list of candidates for the National Assembly.[6] She was nominated to Parliament after the election,[7] and was sworn in on 22 May 2019.[8]

On 5 June 2019, DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane appointed her as the party's deputy spokesperson on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.[9] She became a member of the committee on 27 June 2019.[10]

Van Minnen became an alternate member of the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry on 21 June 2021.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Macfarlane, Norman (20 July 2016). "Spotlight on: Benedicta van Minnen". Bolander Lifestyle. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. ^ Lewis, Anel (19 May 2014). "Reshuffle best for Cape Town: de Lille". IOL. Cape Town. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. ^ De Lille, Patricia (26 January 2015). "Benedicta Van Minnen new Mayco member for housing - Patricia de Lille". Politicsweb. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. ^ Evans, Jenni (16 January 2017). "De Lille to announce new mayoral committee for Cape Town". News24. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ^ Evans, Jenni (16 January 2017). "De Lille shakes up Cape Town mayoral committee". News24. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Democratic Alliance (DA) Candidates for the 2019 national election". People's Assembly. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  7. ^ "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  8. ^ "National Assembly Member (As on 22 May 2019)" (PDF). Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  9. ^ Head, Tom (5 June 2019). "DA's Shadow Cabinet: Dependables return, with a small hint of controversy". The South Africa. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  10. ^ "announcements, tablings and committee reports - APRAV" (PDF). APRAV. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Announcements, tablings and committee reports" (PDF). Parliament of South Africa. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

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