Cilliers Brink
Cilliers Brink | |
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Shadow Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | |
Assumed office 5 December 2020 | |
Leader | John Steenhuisen |
Preceded by | Haniff Hoosen |
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
Shadow Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | |
In office 5 June 2019 – 5 December 2020 | |
Leader | John Steenhuisen Mmusi Maimane |
Succeeded by | Eleanore Bouw-Spies |
Personal details | |
Born | 2 June 1987 |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Residence | Pretoria |
Alma mater | University of Pretoria |
Occupation | Member of Parliament |
Profession | Politician |
Cilliers Brink (born 12 June 1987) is a South African politician serving as the Democratic Alliance's Shadow Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs since 2020. Brink has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2019. He was Shadow Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs between 2019 and 2020 and was a member of the mayoral committee of Tshwane between 2016 and 2019.
Education
Brink studied law at the University of Pretoria.[1]
Politics
Brink has had an interest in politics since a young age. He joined the Democratic Alliance and was elected to the Tshwane city council in 2011.[1] After the 2016 municipal elections, the DA gained control of Tshwane and Brink was appointed as the member of the mayoral committee for corporate and shared services, becoming the first DA politician to hold the post.[2]
Parliamentary career
Prior to the 2019 South African general election held on 8 May, the DA revealed their candidate lists. Brink was placed tenth on the party's regional Gauteng list, thirty-third on the party's national list and sixty-seventh on the party's provincial list.[3] He was elected to the National Assembly on the party's national list.[4] Brink was sworn into office on 22 May 2019.[5]
On 5 June 2019, he was appointed Shadow Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, deputising for Haniff Hoosen.[6] Brink became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on 27 June 2019.[7]
On 5 December 2020, he was appointed as Shadow Minister for the portfolio, replacing Hoosen, in the Shadow Cabinet of John Steenhuisen.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Blog: Mr Cillier Brink". People's Assembly. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ Keppler, Virginia (26 August 2016). "These are Tshwane's new MMCs". The Citizen. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Cilliers Brink". People's Assembly. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ Moatshe, Rapula (14 May 2019). "City of Tshwane executive reshuffle ruled out". IOL. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ Gerber, Jan (5 June 2019). "Here's the DA's 'shadow cabinet'". News24. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "announcements, tablings and committee reports - APRAV" (PDF). APRAV. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "DA announces new Shadow Cabinet that will bring Real Hope and Real Change". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 5 December 2020.