Cheryl Phillips | |
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Shadow Deputy Minister on the Standing Committee on the Auditor General | |
Assumed office 21 April 2023 | |
Leader | John Steenhuisen |
Preceded by | Patricia Kopane |
Shadow Deputy Minister of Environment,Forestry and Fisheries | |
In office 5 December 2020 –21 April 2023 | |
Leader | John Steenhuisen |
Preceded by | Hannah Winkler |
Succeeded by | Annerie Weber |
Shadow Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy | |
In office 5 June 2019 –5 December 2020 | |
Leader | John Steenhuisen Mmusi Maimane |
Preceded by | Position created (Tandeka Gqada as Shadow Deputy Minister of Energy) |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 23 February 1962 |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Occupation | Member of Parliament |
Profession | Politician |
Cheryl Phillips (born 23 February 1962) is a South African politician from the North West who has served in the National Assembly since May 2019. A member of the Democratic Alliance,she has been the Shadow Deputy Minister of the Standing Committee on the Auditor General since April 2023. She was the Shadow Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy from June 2019 to December 2020 and the Shadow Deputy Minister of Environment,Forestry and Fisheries from December 2020 until April 2023. Phillips had previously served as a ward councillor in Rustenburg.
Phillips campaigned for the "Yes" vote in the 1992 referendum. She moved to Rustenburg in 2001 and joined the Democratic Party. She later joined the Democratic Alliance. [1]
In 2014,she was appointed to her ward's committee. [1] Phillips was elected as the ward councillor for ward 16 in a by-election in January 2016. [2] [3]
In 2019,she was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa on the regional list of the DA. [4] On 5 June 2019,she was appointed as the party's Shadow Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy. [5]
In December 2020,she was appointed Shadow Deputy Minister of Environment,Forestry and Fisheries in the new Shadow Cabinet led by John Steenhuisen. [6]
Phillips was appointed as Shadow Deputy Minister on the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General and as an Additional Member on Mineral Resources and Energy,with a focus on illegal mining on 21 April 2023. [7]
Phillips is married and has children. [1]
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