Patronella Zingisa "Pat" Lekker is a South Africa politician. A member of the

African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a Social democracy, social-democratic political party in Republic of South Africa, South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when ...

, she is currently serving as the Chief Whip of the Official Opposition in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament.

Life and career

Born in

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, Lekker still currently resides in Cape Town. She graduated from Sizamile Secondary. She is well known in the ANC's Dullah Omar region. Lekker was elected to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in 2014 and took office as a Member on 21 May 2014. She represents the

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township of the

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metropolitan municipality in the provincial parliament. For the Fifth Provincial Parliament, she served as a Member of the Standing Committee on Community Safety. She was also an Alternate Member of the Standing Committees on Community Development and Transport and Public Works. For the 2019 elections, she was first on the party's provincial parliament candidate list. After the election, Lekker was named chief whip of the official opposition. Lekker was re-elected to the Provincial Parliament at the 2024 provincial election.

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Xhosa people Women members of provincial legislatures of South Africa Living people African National Congress politicians 21st-century South African women politicians 21st-century South African politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{WesternCape-politician-stub