Reagen Ivan Allen is a South African politician and previous comedian who has been the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Community Safety and Police Oversight since April 2022 and 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 ...

for the Democratic Alliance (DA) since December 2018.

Life and career

Allen was born and grew up in

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on the

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. He initially began his career as a comedian. He won the Cape Town Comedy Club's 2018 #yourfunnycider competition. and was nominated for a Comics Choice Award 2019. Allen has obtained numerous qualifications in Public Relations and Paralegal Studies. He graduated from the DA's Young Leaders Programme in 2012. He studied at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Germany, while he served as the DA's Youth National Media and Publicity chairperson. In December 2018, he was sworn in as a Member of the

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. He filled the vacancy created by the resignation of

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. He was elected to a full term as a Member of the Provincial Parliament in the 2019 elections and became Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Community Safety, Cultural Affairs and Sports. On 22 April 2022, Mitchell was appointed by

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as the Provincial Minister of Community Safety and Police Oversight. He was officially sworn in as Provincial Minister on 26 April 2022 by Judge Babalwa Mantame.

References

External links

People's Assembly profileHon Reagen Allen
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Members of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians {{WesternCape-politician-stub