Andricus Pieter van der Westhuizen is a South African politician who has served as a

Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament In the Western Cape province of South Africa, Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) is the designation given to members of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament.{{cite web , url=http://www.wcpp.gov.za/content.aspx?pageId=f2264ae2-735f-4add-b532-33 ...

since May 2019. He served as a Member of the

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from May 2009 until May 2019. Van der Westhuizen is a member of the Democratic Alliance.

Career

In 1999, Van der Westhuizen was elected as a councillor of the

Franschhoek Franschhoek (; Afrikaans for "French Corner", Dutch spelling before 1947 ''Fransche Hoek'') is a small town in the Western Cape Province and one of the oldest towns in South Africa. Formerly known as Oliphants hoek (as there were vast groups of e ...

municipality. He was elected as the inaugural speaker of the

Stellenbosch Local Municipality Stellenbosch Local Municipality (also known as Stellenbosch Municipality) is the local municipality (South Africa), local municipality that governs the towns of Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Pniel, Western Cape, Pniel, and the surrounding rural are ...

following the 2000 municipal election. He won re-election in the 2006 municipal election. Van der Westhuizen was elected to the

in the general election that was held on 22 April 2009. He became an MP on 6 May 2009. DA Parliamentary Leader

Athol Trollip Roland Athol Price Trollip (born 12 March 1964) is a South African politician and provincial chairman of ActionSA in the Eastern Cape. He was previously a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA), serving as the Federal Chairperson of the DA from ...

named him Shadow Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry. He was moved to the Higher Education and Training portfolio of the shadow cabinet in September 2010. In February 2012, newly elected parliamentary leader

Lindiwe Mazibuko Lindiwe Mazibuko (born 9 April 1980) is a Swazi-born South African academic, former politician, musician and the former leader of the Official Opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). She was elected DA Parliamentary Leader on 27 October 2011, beat ...

named him Shadow Deputy Minister of Labour. Mazibuko later appointed him as Shadow Deputy Minister for Economic Development in November 2013. After the 2014 general election,

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was elected the DA's parliamentary leader. He appointed Van der Westhuizen as Shadow Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration. Following the 2019 general election, Van der Westhuizen was sworn in as a

. He was elected chairperson of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning in June 2019.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Van der Westhuizen, Andricus Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Afrikaner people 20th-century South African politicians 21st-century South African politicians Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians Members of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament Members of the National Assembly of South Africa