Marlaine Nair | |
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Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature | |
Assumed office 5 April 2022 | |
Preceded by | Mbali Ntuli |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Profession | Politician |
Marlaine Nair is a South African politician. A member of the Democratic Alliance,she has been a member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature since 2022. She is a former DA eThekwini Councillor.
Nair served as a Democratic Alliance councillor of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. She has been a member of the DA's Federal Legal Commission,the party's Provincial Management Committee,the DA's Provincial Executive Committee as well as the party's provincial finance committee. She was also the party's provincial fundraiser. [1]
On 5 April 2022,Nair was sworn in as a member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature. She replaced former DA MPL Mbali Ntuli who had resigned from the party a month earlier. She was appointed the DA's spokesperson on human settlements. [2]
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