13 Facts About Alvin Botes

Alvin Botes was born on 9 September 1973 and is a South African African National Congress politician from the Northern Cape who has been serving as the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since May 2019.

Alvin Botes became a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa in February 2018.

Alvin Botes was the Member of the Executive Council for Social Development from 2009 to 2013 and the MEC for Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs from 2013 to 2018.

Alvin Botes obtained a bachelor's degree in technology in business administration, a post-graduate diploma in public and development management and a national diploma in management from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

Alvin Botes worked as the party's provincial head of policy, research and analysis between 1999 and 2009, for a full decade.

Alvin Botes was first elected provincial treasurer of the youth league, prior to his election as provincial chairperson.

Alvin Botes was deputy secretary of the provincial ANC structure from 2008 to 2017.

Alvin Botes was elected to the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature in the 2009 election held on 22 April.

Alvin Botes was elected to the ANC NEC in December 2017 as one of 80 members.

Alvin Botes was sworn in as a Member of the National Assembly in February 2018, after initially refusing to be redeployed.

Alvin Botes serves alongside Candith Mashego-Dlamini while Naledi Pandor serves as the department's minister.

Alvin Botes stood unsuccessfully for re-election as a member of the ANC NEC at the party's 55th National Conference held in December 2022.

Nonetheless, the following month Alvin Botes was co-opted onto the ANC NEC in an attempt by the party to increase the representation of minority groups on its highest decision-making body between party conferences.