Gert Oosthuizen | |
|---|---|
 Oosthuizen at the Sport for Development and Peace International Working Group in Geneva in October 2012 | |
| Deputy Minister of Sport and Recreation | |
| In office 10 May 2004 –7 May 2019 | |
| President | |
| Minister | |
| Succeeded by | Nocawe Mafu |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 16 February 2001 –7 May 2019 | |
| In office 9 May 1994 –2 July 1999 | |
| Member of the House of Assembly | |
| Assembly Member for Pretoria Central | |
| In office May 1987 – May 1994 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gerhardus Cornelius Oosthuizen 10 May 1957 |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress (since 2000) |
| Other political affiliations | National Party (until 2000) |
| Alma mater | Rand Afrikaans University |
Gerhardus Cornelius Oosthuizen (born 10 May 1957) is a South African politician who was the Deputy Minister of Sport and Recreation between May 2004 and May 2019. He served in the Parliament of South Africa continuously between May 1987 and May 2019,with the exception of a two-year hiatus between 1999 and 2001.
Contents
- Early life and career
- Legislative career
- National Party:1987–1999
- African National Congress:2001–2019
- Retirement
- References
A former South African Air Force captain,Oosthuizen was elected to the apartheid-era House of Assembly as a member of the National Party in 1987. He remained in the National Assembly after the end of apartheid and defected to the African National Congress (ANC) in 2000. After the April 2004 general election,President Thabo Mbeki appointed him as the Deputy Minister of Sport and Recreation,and he remained in that position until the 2019 general election.