Virgill Gericke | |
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Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
Assumed office 20 October 2023 | |
President of the Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners | |
In office 2011 –19 October 2023 | |
Preceded by | Party created |
Succeeded by | Roselien Titus (acting) [1] |
Personal details | |
Political party | Economic Freedom Fighters (2023–present) |
Other political affiliations | Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners (2011–2023) |
Virgill Gericke is a South African politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since October 2023,representing the Economic Freedom Fighters. Gericke previously served as the founding president of the Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners,a minor political party in the Garden Route District Municipality,from 2011 until 2023.
Gericke founded the Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners (English:Local Concerned Residents) in 2011. [2] The party won one seat in the council of the George Local Municipality in the 2011 municipal elections,and Gericke was elected to take up the party's sole council seat. [3] Gericke was re-elected to council in 2016. Following the election,he was elected to serve on the council of the Garden Route District Municipality. [4] Gericke was re-elected to a third term on the George municipal council in 2021. Afterwards,he was re-elected to the Garden Route district council. He was fielded as a mayoral candidate,but lost to incumbent Memory Booysen of the Democratic Alliance,winning only 15 votes to Booysen's 18 out of 33 votes. [5]
On 18 October 2023,Gericke resigned from the George municipal council and the Garden Route district council. [6] He resigned from the PBI and joined the Economic Freedom Fighters party the following day. [7] It was speculated that Gericke would be sworn in as a Member of Parliament for the EFF;he was sworn in as a member of the National Assembly on 20 October. [8]
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