Tamarin "Tammy" Breedt (born 29 March 1986) is a South African politician who is the national youth leader of the

Freedom Front Plus The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus; af, Vryheidsfront Plus, ''VF Plus'') is a right-wing political party in South Africa that was formed (as the Freedom Front) in 1994. It is led by Pieter Groenewald. Its current stated policy positions include ab ...

(FF Plus). She has been serving as a Member of the

National Assembly of South Africa The National Assembly is the directly elected house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape. It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a party-list proportional representation syste ...

since May 2019. She was previously a Member of the

Free State Provincial Legislature The Free State Provincial Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of Free State. It is unicameral in its composition, and elects the premier and the executive council from among the members of the leading party ...

. Breedt was married to fellow FF Plus MP

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Early life

Breedt was born on 29 March 1986 in

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...

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. She studied at the

University of the Free State The University of the Free State is a multi-campus public university in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State (province), Free State and the judicial capital of South Africa. It was first established as an institution of higher learning in ...

. She was a member of the university's student council and also served as the speaker of the Student Parliament.

Career

Breedt was soon employed as the FF Plus' liaison at the

Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality which governs Bloemfontein and surrounding towns in the Free State province of South Africa. Mangaung is a Sesotho name meaning "place of cheetahs", as it was not uncommon for the ...

. She currently serves as the national youth leader of the FF Plus and is a member of the party's federal council, the federal committee and the Free State executive committee. Following her husband's deployment to the National Assembly in December 2017, she filled his position in the

. In May 2019, she was elected to the National Assembly. She took office on 22 May 2019. She and

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are the first women to represent the FF Plus in Parliament. She serves on the

Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is a portfolio committee of the South African National Assembly in the Parliament of South Africa. The committee is responsible for oversight of the Department of Agricultu ...

Personal life

She married

in 2015. In 2018, they were the victims of a home burglary.

References

External links

Tamarin Breedt – People's AssemblyMs Tamarin Breedt – Parliament of South Africa
{{DEFAULTSORT:Breedt, Tammy Living people Politicians from Johannesburg People from Bloemfontein 1986 births Members of the National Assembly of South Africa Freedom Front Plus politicians University of the Free State alumni Afrikaner people