Gerrit Pretorius was born on 1955 or 1956 and is a South African politician and former diplomat who was a Democratic Alliance Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament from December 2022 until May 2024.
11 Facts About Gerrit Pretorius
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Gerrit Pretorius was a municipal councillor of the George Local Municipality from 2016 to 2021, serving as the deputy mayor of the municipality from 2016 until 2018 and as council speaker from 2018 until he left council.
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Gerrit Pretorius worked at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Pretoria before he was deployed to the South African embassies in London and Ottawa.
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In early-1987, Gerrit Pretorius was notified that he would become the private secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha.
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Gerrit Pretorius's appointment become official on 1 May 1987 and he served in the position until 1989.
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Gerrit Pretorius then worked in the private sector in Johannesburg for four years.
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Gerrit Pretorius was elected as a Democratic Alliance municipal councillor of the George Local Municipality in the local government elections of 3 August 2016, after which he was elected deputy mayor to mayor Melvin Naik.
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On 12 February 2018, Gerrit Pretorius was elected council speaker following the resignation of Iona Kritzinger.
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Gerrit Pretorius was ranked low on the DA's proportional representation list for the local government elections of 1 November 2021 and left council as a result.
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On 15 December 2022, Gerrit Pretorius was sworn in as a DA Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament by speaker Daylin Mitchell.
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Gerrit Pretorius filled the vacancy created by the termination of the former speaker of the provincial parliament Masizole Mnqasela's DA membership.