Galil Brinkhuis

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Galil Brinkhuis
MPP
Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Assumed office
23 October 2019
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Galil Brinkhuis
Nationality South African
Political party Al Jama-ah
OccupationMember of the Provincial Parliament
ProfessionPolitician

Galil Brinkhuis is a South African politician. He is the sole representative of Al Jama-ah in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament.

Brinkhuis was placed 4th on Al Jama-ah's provincial list and 12th on the party's national list for the 2019 general elections. [1]

In October 2019, Brinkhuis was sworn in as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. [2] This followed the cessation of Izgak De Jager's membership. [3] Brinkhuis serves on the Budget Committee, the Standing Committee on Education, and the Standing Committee on Community Safety, Cultural Affairs and Sport. [4]

Brinkhuis received traditional Islamic training from the Darul 'Uloom Zakariyya seminary based in Johannesburg in 2004, earning him the title of Mawlana.

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References

  1. "Galil Brinkhuis". People's Assembly. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  2. @WCProvParl (24 October 2019). "Yesterday Speaker @mnqasela presided over the swearing in of Galil Brinkhuis, newly appointed Member for Al Jama-ah" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020 via Twitter.
  3. "Al Jama-ah rocked by internal politics". VOCFM. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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