Vicky Knoetze | |
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Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature | |
Assumed office 21 May 2014 | |
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Nationality | South African |
Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Occupation | Member of the Provincial Legislature |
Profession | Politician |
Vicky Knoetze is a South African politician serving as a Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature for the Democratic Alliance. She was elected to the provincial legislature in May 2014.
Knoetze is a long-standing member of the Democratic Alliance. She was a councillor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality before her election to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature in 2014. She took office as an MPL on 21 May 2014. [1]
Knoetze has been a member of the provincial executive committee of the DA since 2017. [2] She is the chairperson of the party's provincial disciplinary committee and a member of the party's federal legal commission. [2] In 2020, Knoetze announced her candidacy for deputy provincial chairperson of the party. [3] She was elected at the party's first ever virtual provincial congress held on 29 August. [4]
She was elected deputy provincial leader of the DA alongside DA NCOP Member Mlindi Nhanha at the party's provincial conference held in Graaff-Reinet in February 2023. [5]
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