Dirk Wessels MPP | |
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| Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament | |
| Assumed office 13 June 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dirk Johannes Wessels |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance |
| Profession | Politician |
Dirk Johannes Wessels is a South African politician who has served as a Democratic Alliance Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament since 2024. He previously served as a councillor and member of the mayoral committee in the George Local Municipality.
In the 2016 municipal elections, Wessels stood as a candidate for the George Local Municipaliy council on the Democratic Alliance proportional representation (PR) list. [1] he was elected to the council.
Wessels was appointed to the municipality's mayoral committee as the member responsible for finance and strategic services by mayor Leon van Wyk in May 2020. [2] Wessels applied to be the DA's mayoral candidate for the municipality in the 2021 local government elections and was reported to be the frontrunner by the local George Herald newspaper. [3] Following the election, Van Wyk was re-elected as mayor and Wessels was reappointed as mayoral committee member for finance. [4] Wessels remained in office after Van Wyk conducted a major reshuffle of his mayoral committee in November 2023. [5]
Wessels was elected to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in the 2024 provincial election, alongside mayor Van Wyk. [6] He was elected to chair the Standing Committee on Infrastructure unopposed. [7]