Benedicta van Minnen

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Benedicta van Minnen
MP
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Personal details
Born (1970-12-10) 10 December 1970 (age 51)
Nationality South African
Political party Democratic Alliance
Alma mater University of Cape Town
OccupationPolitician

Benedicta Maria van Minnen (born 10 December 1970) is a South African politician and a member of the Democratic Alliance. She has been a Member of the National Assembly since 22 May 2019. Previously, she served as a councillor in the City of Cape Town.

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Early life and education

Van Minnen studied at the University of Cape Town. In 1991, she was elected to the university's Student Representative Council (SRC). [1]

Political career

A member of the Democratic Alliance, she was first elected as the ward councillor for ward 15 in the City of Cape Town in the 2011 municipal election. [1]

Mayoral Committee Member for Health, Lungiswa James, was elected to the National Assembly at the 2014 general election, which caused the position to become vacant. Consequently, mayor Patricia de Lille appointed Van Minnen to the post. [2] De Lille moved her to the housing portfolio in January 2015. [3] Van Minnen was elected as a PR councillor in the August 2016 municipal election. [1] De Lille kept her in the mayoral committee until January 2017. [4] [5]

Parliamentary career

Prior to the 8 May 2019 general election, Van Minnen was ranked second on the DA's Western Cape list of candidates for the National Assembly. [6] She was nominated to Parliament after the election, [7] and was sworn in on 22 May 2019. [8]

On 5 June 2019, DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane appointed her as the party's deputy spokesperson on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. [9] She became a member of the committee on 27 June 2019. [10]

Van Minnen became an alternate member of the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry on 21 June 2021. [11]

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