Andrew Louw (politician)
Andrew Louw | |
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| Member of Provincial Legislature in the Northern Cape | |
| Assumed office August 2009 | |
| Shadow Minister of Labour | |
| In office May 2009 – August 2009 | |
| Leader | Helen Zille |
| Preceded by | Mark Lowe |
| Succeeded by | Ian Ollis |
| Member of Parliament for Northern Cape | |
| In office May 2009 – August 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | South African |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Andrew Louw is a South African politician, the leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance in the Northern Cape province and the leader of the official opposition in the Provincial legislature. He is the former Shadow Minister of Labour,[1] and a Member of Parliament for the DA.[2]
Bio
Louw completed his matric in Kimberley at Homevale Senior Secondary School. He has a Marketing Management Diploma (Rand Afrikaans University), an Operations Management Diploma (Pretoria University), a Diversity Management Diploma (Wits University), a Business Management Diploma (Rand Afrikaans University) and a Labour Relations qualification (Unisa).[3]
He has been married to Mariam for the past 14 years and they have three children.
Political life
Louw was first elected as a municipal councillor for the DA in Sol Plaatje Municipality. He went to Parliament in 2009, but then transferred to the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature later the same year following his election as DA leader in the province, a position he still holds. Following the 2014 general election, the DA emerged as the largest opposition party in the Northern Cape, and Louw took up the position as Leader of the Opposition in the Legislature.