Carin Visser
Carin Visser | |
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Delegate of the National Council of Provinces | |
Assumed office 23 May 2019 | |
Constituency | North West |
Member of the North West Provincial Legislature | |
In office 23 August 2018 – 7 May 2019 | |
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
In office 1 December 2017 – 16 August 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Carin Visser |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Residence | Sannieshof |
Occupation | Member of Parliament |
Profession | Politician |
Carin Visser is a South African politician. Since 2019 she has been serving as a Delegate of the National Council of Provinces, representing the North West. She was previously a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2017 to 2018 and a Member of the North West Provincial Legislature from 2018 to 2019. She was also a municipal councillor of the Tswaing Local Municipality. Visser is a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the party's provincial chairperson.
Political career
Visser got involved with the local politics of Sannieshof as the chairperson of the town's ratepayer association.[1] She joined the DA and was elected a PR councillor of the Tswaing Local Municipality in the 2011 municipal election.[2] She served as the party's caucus leader in council. She was elected provincial chairperson of the DA in 2015.[3] She was re-elected as a councillor in 2016.
In 2017, the DA deployed her to be a representative of the party in the National Assembly. She took office as an MP on 1 December. The following year, Visser was appointed to the North West Provincial Legislature, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Joe McGluwa. She assumed the post of MPL on 23 August 2018 and was elected the party's caucus leader in the legislature.
After the 2019 election, she moved from the legislature to the National Council of Provinces representing the North West. She is the sole DA representative in the provincial delegation.
References
- ^ "Crisis of confidence". 26 March 2009.
- ^ "Zuma's ancestor threat ignored". 19 May 2011.
- ^ "DA elects new leadership in North West". 30 May 2015.
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- Living people
- Afrikaner people
- People from Tswaing Local Municipality
- People from Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality
- Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa
- Members of the North West Provincial Legislature
- Members of the National Council of Provinces
- 21st-century South African politicians
- 21st-century women politicians
- Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa