Gizella Opperman
Gizella Opperman | |
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| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
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| Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Gizella Opperman (née Hartnick; born 24 July 1980) is a South African politician from the Northern Cape serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2019. Opperman is a party member of the Democratic Alliance (DA).
Political career
[edit]In 2011, Opperman was elected as a councillor of the Hantam Local Municipality. She was elected as the deputy provincial chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Women's Network in September 2015.[1] She is currently the provincial chairperson.[2]
Opperman was the first candidate on the DA's Northern Cape list of candidates for the general election on 8 May 2019.[3] She was elected to the National Assembly at the election and was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on 22 May 2019.[4] She became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) in June of the same year.[5]
In 2020, Opperman declared her candidacy for provincial chairperson of the Democratic Alliance. The provincial congress was held on 5 December 2020.[6] She lost to Isak Fritz.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Mere, Boipelo (30 September 2015). "Dawn wants to empower women". Express News. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "DA Women's Network". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "People's Assembly".
- ^ "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". Elections24 - News24. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "announcements, tablings and committee reports - APRAV" (PDF). APRAV. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ Kwon Hoo, Sandi (24 November 2020). "DA releases list of NC candidates". Diamond Fields Advertiser. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ Phillips, Benida (6 December 2020). "DA in N Cape elects McGluwa as new provincial leader". DFA. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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