1. Roland Athol Price Trollip was born on 12 March 1964 and is a South African politician and provincial chairman of ActionSA in the Eastern Cape.
22 Facts About Athol Trollip
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Athol Trollip currently serves as the Parliamentary Leader of ActionSA in the National Assembly.
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Athol Trollip was previously a member of the Democratic Alliance, serving as the Federal Chairperson of the DA from 2015 to 2019 and the Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, serving from 2016 until he was unseated in a vote of no confidence in 2018.
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Athol Trollip served as Parliamentary Leader of the opposition between 2009 and 2011.
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Athol Trollip was the provincial leader of the DA in the Eastern Cape from 2002 until he was replaced on 6 May 2017 by Nqaba Bhanga.
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Athol Trollip was born in the town of Bedford in the Eastern Cape, attended Woodridge College, and studied Agricultural Management at the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg.
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Athol Trollip was elected as provincial chairperson in 1998 and then as the renamed DA's leader in the Eastern Cape in 2002, a position he held for 15 years.
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Athol Trollip served as a Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature between 1999 and 2009.
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Athol Trollip unsuccessfully ran for party leader against Helen Zille in 2007.
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In 2009, Athol Trollip became a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly and after winning a leadership contest against Ryan Coetzee assumed the position of Parliamentary Leader of the DA.
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On 27 October 2011, Athol Trollip was defeated in his bid for re-election as Parliamentary Leader of the DA by fellow MP Lindiwe Mazibuko.
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Athol Trollip later left the National Assembly to return to the Eastern Cape Legislature in 2013, and was the DA's premier candidate in the Eastern Cape province for the 2014 general election.
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In 2015, Athol Trollip returned to national prominence within the DA.
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In 2016, Athol Trollip was referred to the South African Human Rights Commission for alleged human rights abuses and unfair labour practices on the family farm near Bedford in the Eastern Cape, allegations that he strenuously denied.
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Athol Trollip served in the position for 2 years, under which the metro received a ratings upgrade from Moody's.
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The vote of no confidence in Athol Trollip then occurred and succeeded.
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Athol Trollip subsequently assumed the post of leader of the opposition of the Nelson Mandela Bay council.
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Athol Trollip resigned as the party's federal chair, and resigned from all active roles within the DA on 23 October 2019, following the resignation of Party Leader Mmusi Maimane.
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Athol Trollip resigned as a DA councillor in December 2019, following the ousting of Mongameli Bobani.
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Athol Trollip joined the ActionSA political party in 9 February 2022.
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Athol Trollip is a fluent speaker of Afrikaans, English, and isiXhosa.
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Athol Trollip married Janine Handley on 5 November 2016 at Kasouga.