James Selfe

James Selfe MP
Shadow Minister of Correctional Services
Incumbent
Assumed office 2004
Leader	Tony Leon, Helen Zille and Mmusi Maimane
Member of Parliament for South Peninsula, Cape Town Metro, Western Cape in the National Assembly of South Africa
Personal details
Born	(1955-08-23) 23 August 1955 Pretoria, Transvaal Province, Union of South Africa
Political party	Democratic Alliance
Spouse	Sheila Selfe
Children	Stephanie, Chloe and Emma Selfe
Alma mater	University of Cape Town

James Selfe (born 23 August 1955) is a South African politician, a Member of Parliament for the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), and the party's Federal Executive Chairperson. He is also the party's Shadow Minister of Correctional Services.

Education and early career

Selfe was born in Pretoria, and attended Diocesan College and the University of Cape Town. After earning a master's degree, Selfe worked between 1979 and 1988 as a researcher for the Progressive Federal Party, the forerunner to today's Democratic Alliance. He became the party's communications director in 1988, and a member of the President's Council a year later. In 1992 he became an executive director of the party.

Parliamentarian

Selfe was elected to the Senate - later National Council of Provinces - in 1994. In 1999 he stayed in parliament, but moved to the National Assembly. He has remained a member of parliament since then, and is currently the party's correctional services spokesperson, in addition to being chair of the DA Federal Executive.

In April 2009, Selfe filed the DA's founding affidavit in the Pretoria High Court for a judicial review of the National Prosecuting Authority's decision to drop charges against presidential front runner Jacob Zuma.

References

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