Hannah Winkler
Hannah Winkler MP | |
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Shadow Deputy Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries | |
In office 5 June 2019 – 5 December 2020 | |
Succeeded by | Cheryl Phillips |
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Hannah Shameema Winkler 5 November 1985 |
Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Occupation | Member of Parliament |
Profession | Politician |
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[]
- ^ a b "Blog: Hannah Shameema Winkler". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "Hannah Shameema Winkler". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Who's nominated for the National Assembly & provincial legislatures?". EWN. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Gerber, Jan (5 June 2019). "Here's the DA's 'shadow cabinet'". News24. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Mazzone, Natasha (5 December 2020). "DA announces new Shadow Cabinet that will bring Real Hope and Real Change". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
External links[]
- Ms Hannah Shameema Winkler at Parliament of South Africa
- Living people
- 1985 births
- People from Durban
- Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa