1. Geordin Gwyn Hill-Lewis was born on 31 December 1986 and is a South African politician who is the Mayor of Cape Town.
25 Facts About Geordin Hill-Lewis
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Geordin Hill-Lewis served in the National Assembly of South Africa for more than a decade from August 2011 until November 2021.
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Geordin Hill-Lewis held multiple positions in the DA's Shadow Cabinet in the National Assembly.
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Geordin Hill-Lewis served as the Shadow Deputy Minister of Public Service from August 2011 to February 2012, as the Shadow Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry from February 2012 to June 2014, as the Shadow Minister of Trade and Industry between June 2014 and June 2017, and as the Shadow Minister of Finance from June 2019 until he resigned to become mayor in November 2021.
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In November 2023, Geordin Hill-Lewis was elected unopposed as the DA deputy provincial leader in the Western Cape.
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Geordin Hill-Lewis's family moved to Cape Town when he was a young boy.
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Geordin Hill-Lewis was raised by a single mother, who is a nurse.
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Geordin Hill-Lewis attended Edgemead High School and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with an honours degree in politics, philosophy and economics from the University of Cape Town.
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Geordin Hill-Lewis worked as Chief of Staff in the office of former Western Cape Premier Helen Zille.
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Geordin Hill-Lewis was only twenty-four years and seven months old when he took office, which made him the youngest MP in the 4th Parliament.
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Geordin Hill-Lewis was appointed Shadow Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration by parliamentary leader Athol Trollip.
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Geordin Hill-Lewis was removed from the shadow cabinet in June 2017, as he was appointed as chief of staff in Maimane's office.
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Geordin Hill-Lewis remained in the position following the election of John Steenhuisen as DA leader in November 2020.
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Geordin Hill-Lewis resigned from the National Assembly on 9 November 2021 in preparation for his move to the Cape Town city council.
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On 1 April 2021, Geordin Hill-Lewis announced that he had applied to be the DA's mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town for the local government elections to be held later on in the year.
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Geordin Hill-Lewis had been the DA's constituency head in George in the Southern Cape at that time.
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DA leader John Steenhuisen announced on 23 August that Geordin Hill-Lewis would be the DA's mayoral candidate in the 2021 local government elections.
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On 29 August 2021, Geordin Hill-Lewis launched his campaign to become mayor in Bonteheuwel where he had attended his first DA meeting at ward councillor Theresa Thompson's home in June 2004.
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In September 2021, Geordin Hill-Lewis wrote to the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure and former DA mayor, Patricia de Lille, calling on her to cancel the government's lease for the Acacia Park parliamentary village so that the City of Cape Town can buy the land from the government and release it for the development of affordable housing.
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Geordin Hill-Lewis then led a demonstration outside the Department of Public Works building and handed over a memorandum.
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Geordin Hill-Lewis has identified the Air Force Base Ysterplaat and the SAS Wingfield for social housing.
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On 7 October 2021, Geordin Hill-Lewis announced his seven-point plan to end loadshedding in the City of Cape Town.
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Geordin Hill-Lewis's plan includes procuring electricity directly from Independent Power Producers and investing in the Steenbras hydroelectric plant.
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On 18 November 2021, the city council held its inaugural meeting after the election, at which Geordin Hill-Lewis was elected and sworn in as mayor.
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Geordin Hill-Lewis was elected unopposed as the DA's deputy provincial leader at the party's provincial congress on 11 November 2023.