Mponeng Winston Rabotapi is a South African politician of the Democratic Alliance (DA). He has been serving as the party's caucus leader in the

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since 2019. He previously served as a Member of the

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from 2009 to 2019.

Political career

Rabotapi served as a municipal councillor for the

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in the Brits municipality. He also served as the party's Deputy Provincial Leader for two separate terms. Rabotapi was elected to the

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in 2009. He became a Member on 6 May 2009. On 14 May 2009, Democratic Alliance Parliamentary Leader

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named Rabotapi as the Shadow Deputy Minister of Public Works. In February 2012, the DA Parliamentary Leader

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appointed him to the position of Shadow Minister of Sports and Recreation. After the 2014 elections, the DA Parliamentary Leader

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retained Rabotapi in the Shadow Cabinet and moved him to the Arts and Culture portfolio. The Democratic Alliance parliamentary caucus elected Rabotapi as a party whip in February 2016. Following the 2019 elections, Rabotapi moved to the

. He was sworn into office on 22 May 2019 and the DA's caucus elected him caucus leader.Provincial seats assigned
Retrieved on 23 June 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rabotapi, Winston Living people Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa People from North West (South African province) Members of the North West Provincial Legislature Year of birth missing (living people) Tswana people