Beyers Smit | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
Assumed office 22nd May 2024 | |
Permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces | |
In office 22 May 2014 –14 May 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Christiaan Frederik Beyers Smit |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Occupation | Member of Parliament |
Profession | Politician |
Christiaan Frederik Beyers Smit is a South African politician who has been a permanent delegate on the National Council of Provinces from May 2014 to May 2024. Smit is a member of the Limpopo delegation and a party member of the Democratic Alliance.
Smit is a former PR and Executive councillor of the Mogalakwena Local Municipality. [1] In October 2017,he was elected as one of two deputy provincial chairpersons of the Democratic Alliance. [2]
Following the general election that was held on 7 May 2014,Smit was elected as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from Limpopo. He was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on 22 May 2014. [3] In June 2014,he was assigned to his committees for the 2014–2019 term. [4]
On 23 May 2019,Smit took office for his second term as a permanent delegate to the NCOP. [4] The DA appointed him as their shadow chairperson. [5] He was named to his new committees on 24 June 2019. [4]
He was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in 2024.
Beyer is openly gay. [6]
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Mogalakwena DA ward councillor, Beyers Smit, said the entire situation was now out of control.