Gregory David Schneemann is a South African politician who has represented the

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(ANC) in the

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since August 2020. He formerly served in the national

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from 1994 to 2014. In 2022, he was elected to a five-year term as a member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's

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branch.

Political career

Schneemann joined the ANC in 1995 and is the son of Maureen Schneemann, a local ANC politician in Zandspruit, Gauteng. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1999 to 2014. Although he stood for re-election to the

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in the 2014 general election, he was ranked 31st on the ANC's regional

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for Gauteng and therefore did not secure a seat. In the next general election in 2019, he stood for election to a seat in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, but he was ranked 40th on the ANC's list and again did not initially secure a seat. However, after a

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arose in the ANC caucus, he was sworn in as a

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on 21 August 2020. In July 2022, he was elected to a five-year term on the Provincial Executive Committee of the Gauteng ANC.

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* African National Congress politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 21st-century South African politicians {{Gauteng-politician-stub