Mohammed Haniff Hoosen is a South African politician who served as a Member for the National Assembly for the Independent Democrats and for the Democratic Alliance.
19 Facts About Haniff Hoosen
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Haniff Hoosen joined the National Party, which became the New National Party.
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Haniff Hoosen was elected to the Durban city council in 1996 and served on the council until 2001.
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Haniff Hoosen joined the Independent Democrats in 2005 and served as head of the party's campaign in the 2006 municipal elections.
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Haniff Hoosen was elected Secretary-General of the ID in 2007.
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Haniff Hoosen joined the National Assembly in the same year.
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The ID joined the DA in 2010 and Haniff Hoosen was given dual party membership.
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In 2012, Haniff Hoosen was elected as the Provincial Chairperson of the DA.
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Haniff Hoosen became a DA MP in 2014 and was named the party's Shadow Minister of Home Affairs.
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Ahead of the 2016 municipal elections, Haniff Hoosen was selected as the DA's mayoral candidate for the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.
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The ANC retained control of the municipality and Haniff Hoosen remained an MP.
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Haniff Hoosen did not run for re-election as provincial chair in 2018.
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In December 2020, Haniff Hoosen was appointed as the DA's spokesperson on the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General.
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On 19 February 2024, Haniff Hoosen resigned as a member of the National Assembly.
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In 2015- Haniff Hoosen who was at the time the then secretary-general of the Independent Democrats found out from the Sunday Star that one of the ID's parliamentary nominees, Narentuk Jumuna, was a convicted killer.
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Haniff Hoosen later stated 'that had the party been aware of the issue in the first place, Jumuna would not have been selected as a candidate.
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In 2016, Haniff Hoosen was nominated as the Democratic Alliance's mayoral candidate for eThekwini.
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Haniff Hoosen was a full-time, paid organizer for the National Party during Apartheid- a fact that Haniff Hoosen confirmed during a multi-party debate on Radio Al-Ansaar.
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Haniff Hoosen has called for the review and debate of immigration regulations, reflecting the DA's stance on immigration, which has been criticized as anti-poor and xenophobic.