Jacques Warren William Julius (born 4 June 1972) is a South African Democratic Alliance politician from

Gauteng Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...

who served as the Deputy Chief Whip of the Official Opposition in the

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from May 2019 to December 2021. He was acting Chief Whip between the resignation of

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and the appointment of

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in October 2019. He became a Member of the National Assembly in May 2019. Julius served a permanent delegate to the

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from May 2014 to May 2019. On 21 November 2020, Julius was elected chairperson of the DA's West Rand region in Gauteng. Ahead of the DA parliamentary caucus midterm leadership elections in December 2021, Julius had decided against running for re-election as deputy chief whip of the DA caucus.

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was elected to replace him. Julius was elected as one of the party's 12 whips. Julius resigned from Parliament on 18 August 2022.

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Mr Jacques Warren William Julius – Parliament of South Africa
Living people 1972 births People from Gauteng Members of the National Assembly of South Africa Members of the National Council of Provinces Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians People from Randfontein Coloured South African people {{Gauteng-politician-stub