Deidré Maudelene Baartman (born 7 February 1991) is a South African politician who is serving as the Western Cape's Provincial Minister of Finance since June 2024. A member of the Democratic Alliance (DA), she has been 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-b532-336 ...

since May 2019. She previously served as the Deputy Chief Whip of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and the Chairperson of both the Budget Committee and the Standing Committee on Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism.

Life and career

Baartman obtained her LLB and LLM (Public Procurement Law) from the

University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch University (SU) (, ) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Sahara ...

. She was admitted as an advocate of the

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in 2017. Prior to being elected, she worked as a political assistant to the Democratic Alliance's National Assembly Chief Whip,

John Steenhuisen John Henry Steenhuisen ( ; born 25 March 1976) is a South African politician who is currently serving as Minister of Agriculture (South Africa), Minister of Agriculture since July 2024. He has been the leader of the Democratic Alliance (South Af ...

. Baartman took office as 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-b532-336 ...

in May 2019. She was elected Chairperson of both the Standing Committee on Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism and the Budget Committee. In 2021, she was appointed Deputy Chief Whip of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. Baartman was re-elected for a second term in the Provincial Parliament in the 2024 provincial election. On 13 June 2024, at the age of 33, she was appointed as the Provincial Minister of Finance by premier

Alan Winde Alan Richard Winde (born 18 March 1965) is a South African politician and businessman. He is the 8th and current Premier of the Western Cape, having held the position since 2019. He has been a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament si ...

. She is the youngest Minister appointed in Western Cape history.

References

External links

People's Assembly profile

Hon Deidré Baartman
Living people Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians Members of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament Women members of provincial legislatures of South Africa 1991 births {{WesternCape-politician-stub