Hannah Winkler

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Hannah Winkler
MP
Shadow Deputy Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
5 June 2019 – 5 December 2020
Succeeded byCheryl Phillips
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Personal details
Born
Hannah Shameema Winkler

(1985-11-05) 5 November 1985 (age 36)
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician

Hannah Shameema Winkler (born 5 November 1985) is a South African politician. She is a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance and the party's former Shadow Deputy Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries.

Education[]

Winkler holds an honours degree in politics.[1]

Political career[]

Winkler joined the Democratic Alliance as a researcher and media officer. For the 2019 general election, Winkler was the party's campaign manager in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.[1]

Parliamentary career[]

In the build-up to the 2019 general election, Winkler was placed eighth on the DA's regional list, twenty-eighth on the party's provincial list and seventy-sixth on the party's national list.[2] She was elected to the National Assembly on the regional list and became a member of parliament on 22 May 2019.[3]

On 5 June 2019, the DA parliamentary leader, Mmusi Maimane, appointed Winkler to the post of Shadow Deputy Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries.[4] Later that month, she was appointed to that specific portfolio's committee.[2]

On 5 December 2020, she was appointed as an additional deputy member to the tourism portfolio of the Shadow Cabinet of John Steenhuisen.[5]

Committee membership[]

  • Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry and Fisheries[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Blog: Hannah Shameema Winkler". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Hannah Shameema Winkler". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Who's nominated for the National Assembly & provincial legislatures?". EWN. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. ^ Gerber, Jan (5 June 2019). "Here's the DA's 'shadow cabinet'". News24. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  5. ^ Mazzone, Natasha (5 December 2020). "DA announces new Shadow Cabinet that will bring Real Hope and Real Change". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

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