Dennis Ryder

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Dennis Ryder

MP
Permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from Gauteng
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
1 July 2017 7 May 2019
Personal details
Born
Dennis Richard Ryder

East Rand, South Africa
Nationality South African
Political party Democratic Alliance
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician

Dennis Richard Ryder is a South African politician. He has been serving as a parliamentarian since July 2017. Ryder is a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA).

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Political career

He started his political career by being elected the mini mayor of Bedfordview in 1983. He joined the Democratic Alliance (DA) and was elected a councillor of the Midvaal Local Municipality in 2011. He won re-election to a second term in 2016. [1] [2]

Parliamentary career

Ryder became a Member of Parliament in July 2017, as he was sworn in as a Member of the National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament. [1] Following the May 2019 general election, he was elected to the upper house, the National Council of Provinces, [3] as one of six permanent delegates from Gauteng. [4] On 24 June, he was given his committee assignments.

Committee assignments

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mr Dennis Ryder (DA)". People's Assembly. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. "Off to Parliament, educated or not" . Mail & Guardian. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  3. "Hansard: NCOP: Unrevised hansard". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mr Dennis Richard Ryder". Parliament of South Africa. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.