The Shadow Cabinet of

Mmusi Maimane Mmusi Aloysias Maimane (born 6 June 1980) is a South African politician, businessman, and Leader of Build One South Africa, a political party. Maimane is also the former Leader of South Africa, South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance (So ...

was formed on 5 June 2014 following his election as Parliamentary Leader of the Democratic Alliance and Leader of the Opposition on 29 May 2014. The Democratic Alliance parliamentary caucus also elected other caucus leadership.

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was elected Chief Whip with

Anchen Dreyer Anchen Margaretha Dreyer (born 27 March 1952) is a South African politician, a Member of Parliament for the opposition Democratic Alliance, and former Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Caucus in the National Assembly. Before being elected ...

as Caucus Chairperson. These elections all occurred following the 2014 general elections, in which the Democratic Alliance retained its post as the Official Opposition in the

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. The shadow cabinet has been reshuffled on various occasions. The first reshuffle occurred in October 2015, when Member of Parliament,

Dianne Kohler Barnard Dianne Kohler Barnard is a South African politician and former journalist, and a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance (DA). In October 2015, she was expelled from the party by the DA Federal Executive. In December 2015, the deci ...

, was demoted from her position due to her publishing a controversial Facebook post. The next occurred in November 2016, in the aftermath of the party's parliamentary mid-term caucus elections. The shadow cabinet was reshuffled for the third time in July 2017, following the departure of

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. Following the 2019 general elections, the Democratic Alliance remained the Official Opposition and the party subsequently held parliamentary caucus elections. Maimane returned to the position of Leader of the Opposition with

as Chief Whip.

Annelie Lotriet Annelie Lotriet (born 8 June 1960) is a South African politician, a Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance (DA) who is the Shadow Minister of Science and Technology and served as Acting Leader of the Opposition. She is also the prov ...

was elected Chairperson of the Caucus. Maimane announced the new shadow cabinet on 5 June 2019. Maimane resigned as parliamentary leader of the DA on 24 October 2019, though the current shadow cabinet had been retained by acting parliamentary leader

has since been elected parliamentary leader and he announced his shadow cabinet in December 2020.

Formation

was elected unopposed as the parliamentary leader of the Democratic Alliance and

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in the

on 29 May 2014, effectively becoming the party's second

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parliamentary leader, following the retirement of

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.DA announces team in Parliament
Cape Town, ''

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'', 29 May 2014. Retrieved on 24 August 2019. Although the media speculated that Democratic Alliance Federal Leader

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would run for the post, she opted to remain

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. Alongside the election for parliamentary leader, other party caucus leadership elections were also held.

was elected chief whip, succeeding party veteran Watty Watson. Sandy Kalyan and Michael Waters were both nominated for the post of deputy chief whip. Waters inevitably defeated Kalyan. Several whips were also elected.

and

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contested the election for the post of caucus chairperson. Dreyer was elected caucus chairperson with Majola as Deputy Caucus Chairperson. Elza van Lingen secured a second term as the party's leader in the

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, while Cathlene Labuschagne was named the party's whip in the NCOP. On 5 June 2014, Maimane announced the composition of his shadow cabinet. Upon the announcement, he said, "This shadow cabinet will make pragmatic legislative proposals that will tackle South Africa's problems head-on, with a commitment to the creation of real jobs in South Africa."

Membership

2014–2019

Members of the Shadow Cabinet

Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane announced the latest changes to the Shadow Cabinet on 1 June 2017.

Shadow Ministers in Standing Committees in the
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Parliamentary Caucus Leadership

Parliamentary leadership team following internal caucus elections on 29 May 2014.

2019

Members of the Shadow Cabinet

The following table depicted the composition of the shadow cabinet announced on 5 June 2019.

Shadow Ministers in Standing Committees in the
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Parliamentary Caucus Leadership

Parliamentary leadership team following internal caucus elections on 30 May 2019.Mokone, Thabo.
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References

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