Roy Jankielsohn | |
---|---|
Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature | |
Assumed office December 2006 | |
Leader of the Democratic Alliance in the Free State | |
Assumed office November 2020 | |
Preceded by | Patricia Kopane |
In office 2006 –September 2012 | |
Succeeded by | Patricia Kopane |
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 12 June 2000 –1 December 2006 | |
Constituency | Free State |
Personal details | |
Born | 3 December 1967 |
Citizenship | South Africa |
Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Other political affiliations | Democratic Party |
Spouse | Astrid Jankielsohn |
Alma mater | University of the North West (PhD) University of the Free State (PhD) |
Roy Jankielsohn (born 3 December 1967) is a South African politician who has been the leader of the opposition in the Free State Provincial Legislature since 2014. He has been the provincial leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Free State since 2020.
From 2000 to 2006,Jankielsohn represented the DA and Democratic Party in the National Assembly,where he was a member of Tony Leon's shadow cabinet. In December 2006,he joined the Free State Provincial Legislature as leader of the DA caucus,a position he has held since then. He also served an earlier term as DA provincial leader from 2006 to 2012.
Born 3 December 1967, [1] Jankielsohn grew up on a farm near Steynsrus in the former Orange Free State. [2] He holds a PhD in political studies from the University of the North West, [2] and in December 2022,he completed a second PhD at the University of the Free State (UFS) –his sixth degree in total –with a dissertation on the governance of animal custodianship. [3]
Jankielsohn was formerly a lecturer at UFS. [3] He entered politics in 1995,when he stood for the Democratic Party (DP) as a candidate for election as a ward councillor in Bloemfontein, [2] but he remained active in academia as a peer reviewer and member of the advisory board at his former UFS department. [3] He also holds the rank of captain in an armoured reserve force unit of the South African National Defence Force. [2]
Jankielsohn joined the National Assembly on 12 June 2000,filling a casual vacancy in the DP's Free State caucus. [4] As a member of the DP's federal council,he was involved in negotiations to establish the Democratic Alliance (DA),which originated as a multi-party opposition coalition. [2] In March 2001,he was appointed to the shadow cabinet of DA leader Tony Leon,who appointed Jankielsohn to replace Nic Clelland as his parliamentary counsellor. [5]
In the 2004 general election,Jankielsohn was ranked second on the DA's party regional party list for the Free State. [6] He was re-elected and,now alongside Sandra Botha,continued as one of the party's two representatives in the Free State caucus. [1] Also in 2004,he was elected as the chairperson of the Free State branch of the DA. [2] In addition,he remained in Leon's shadow cabinet,now as spokesperson on safety and security; [7] [8] in that capacity,he was a prominent critic of Minister Charles Nqakula. [9] In a reshuffle in July 2006,he was moved to a new portfolio as spokesperson on defence. [10]
Later in 2006,upon the conclusion of his term as DA provincial chairperson,Jankielsohn was elected as provincial leader of the DA in the Free State. [2] In the aftermath,on 1 December 2006,he resigned from his seat in the National Assembly in order to take up a seat in the Free State Provincial Legislature; [2] he swopped seats with former provincial legislator Andries Botha. [11]
Jankielsohn entered the Free State Provincial Legislature as leader of the DA's caucus in the province. [2] Re-elected to a second term in the provincial legislature in 2009, [12] he continued to serve as caucus leader even after September 2012,when he was succeeded as DA provincial leader by Patricia Kopane;because Kopane served in the National Assembly,he was allowed to retain his position at the head of the party in the provincial legislature. [13]
In the 2014 general election,the DA ousted the Congress of the People as the official opposition in the Free State Provincial Legislature,with a record five seats in the chamber. As Kopane remained in the National Assembly,Jankielsohn continued as the party's caucus leader and therefore became official leader of the opposition in the province,assisted by caucus chairperson James Letuka. [14] Jankielsohn has retained that position since 2014,as the DA remained the official opposition after the 2019 general election. [15]
As leader of the opposition,Jankielsohn continued a campaign he had taken up earlier to attract the attention of law enforcement to alleged maladministration of the Vrede Dairy Project. He submitted three related complaints to the Public Protector between 2013 and 2016 [16] and later testified about the project before the Zondo Commission. [17] [18]
In 2020,Kopane announced that she would not seek re-election to another term as DA provincial leader. At the party's provincial elective congress in November that year,Jankielsohn was elected to return to his former office to succeed her. [19] He was re-elected unopposed in January 2023. [20] [21]
On 11 August 2023,Jankielsohn was announced as the DA's Free State Premier candidate for the 2024 provincial election. [22]
He is married to Astrid Jankielsohn,who is an entomologist. [3] They have one son and live on a farm outside Bethlehem,Free State. [2]
Semakaleng Patricia Kopane is a South African politician. She is the current provincial chairperson of ActionSA in the Free State.
Andrew Louw is a South African politician who served as Leader of the Opposition in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature from 2014 until 2021. He was the Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance in the Northern Cape from 2009 to 2020. He was previously a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa where he served as the Shadow Minister of Labour. Louw was the Democratic Alliance's Northern Cape Premier candidate for the 2014 and 2019 elections.
John Henry Steenhuisen is a South African politician who has served as the twentieth leader of the Opposition since October 2019 and has been the leader of the Democratic Alliance since November 2020,having served as the interim leader for one year from November 2019. He was chief whip of the official opposition from May 2014 until October 2019.
Jacobus Frederik "Jacques" Smalle is a South African politician who has served as a Democratic Alliance Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2023 and previously from 2010 to 2014. Smalle served as a member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature twice from 2009 until 2010 and again from 2014 until 2023. Smalle is currently the Democratic Alliance's Limpopo provincial chairperson. He had previously served as the party's Limpopo provincial leader and as deputy federal chairperson of the party. He was the DA's Limpopo Premier candidate for the 2019 election.
Solly Tshepiso Msimanga is a South African politician serving as the Leader of the Opposition in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since May 2019. He has been a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since February 2019,having previously served from 2014 to 2016. Msimanga was the Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality from 2016 to 2019 and the DA Provincial Chairperson from 2014 to 2017. He was the Democratic Alliance's Gauteng Premier candidate for the 2019 elections.
The 2019 Western Cape provincial election was held on 8 May 2019 to elect the 6th Western Cape Provincial Parliament. It was the sixth provincial election held since the establishment of the provincial legislature in 1994.
Raesetja Jane Sithole is a South African politician. She has been serving as a Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature since May 2014. Sithole is also the Provincial Leader of the Mpumalanga Democratic Alliance.
Zwakele Maxwell Mncwango is a South African politician who is the provincial chairperson of ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal. He was a Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 2018 to 2022 and served as the Leader of the Opposition in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 2018 to 2019. He was the Provincial Leader of the KwaZulu-Natal Democratic Alliance (DA) from 2015 to 2021. Mncwango was the party's KwaZulu-Natal Premier candidate for the 2019 election.
Désirée van der Walt is a South African politician who has been a member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since 2023,previously serving in the provincial legislature from 2010 to 2014. She was a member of the National Assembly of South Africa twice,serving from 2004 until 2010 and again from 2014 until 2023. She is a member of the Democratic Alliance.
Lehlohonolo James Letuka is a South African politician serving as a Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature for the Democratic Alliance since May 2014. Letuka is the father of Patricia Kopane,the party's former provincial leader in the Free State.
Bafana Freddy Sonakile is a South African advocate and politician who has been a Member of the North West Provincial Legislature for the Democratic Alliance since May 2019. He is the leader of the party's caucus in the legislature and the party's provincial chairperson. He had previously served as chief whip of the DA caucus in the legislature and as the deputy provincial leader of the party. Prior to serving in the provincial legislature,Sonakile had worked as a legal advisor at the provincial legislature.
Karabo Lerato Khakhau is a South African politician and the Youngest Member of South Africa's National Assembly for the Democratic Alliance since November 2022. She had previously served as a DA member of the Free State Provincial Legislature. Aged 21 years at the time of her election to the provincial legislature,she became the youngest ever member of provincial legislature in South Africa. Khakhau was previously the president of the student representative council of the University of Cape Town.
Michéle Odette Clarke is a South African politician. A member of the Democratic Alliance,Clarke served as a councillor in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality from 2004 until her election to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature as a DA representative in 2014. After serving one term in the provincial legislature,Clarke was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in 2019. She currently serves as Shadow Minister of Health after previously serving as Shadow Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration and as Shadow Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises.
Dirk Jan Stubbe is a South African politician serving as a Member of the National Assembly for the opposition Democratic Alliance since September 2020,and previously from September 2010 to May 2019. Prior to his tenure in the National Assembly,Stubbe was a Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature.
Samantha Jane Graham is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape who was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in the 2019 general election as a member of the Democratic Alliance. Graham has been the party's Shadow Minister of Electricity since 2023. Graham served as the shadow deputy minister of public works and infrastructure from 2019 to 2020 and as the shadow minister for the portfolio between 2020 and 2023. She is a former councillor of the Dr Beyers NaudéLocal Municipality.
Frederik Petrus Nel is a South African politician who has served as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since May 2009,representing the Democratic Alliance. He is the DA's Gauteng Shadow MEC for Roads and Transport. Nel was elected as the DA provincial chairperson in 2020 and re-elected in 2023.
Darren Bergman is a South African politician who has served as Shadow Deputy Minister of Trade,Industry and Competition since 2023 and has been a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance since 2014. He was Shadow Deputy Minister of Sport and Recreation between 2014 and 2019 and Shadow Minister of International Relations and Cooperation between 2019 and 2023.
The 2019 Free State provincial election was held on 8 May 2019,concurrently with the 2019 South African general election,to elect the 30 members of the Free State Provincial Legislature.
Andries Johannes Botha is retired a South African politician who served in the National Assembly and Free State Provincial Legislature,representing the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Democratic Party (DA). He is a former leader of the DA's Free State branch.
Hendrik Albertyn Smit is a South African politician. He represented the New National Party (NNP) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2001,serving the Western Cape constituency. Before that,he represented the National Party (NP) in the apartheid-era House of Assembly.