20 Facts About Ivan Meyer

Ivan Henry Meyer was born on 28 March 1962 and is a South African politician who has been serving as the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism since 2019.

Ivan Meyer has held multiple positions in the provincial cabinet.

Ivan Meyer has been the Federal Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance since November 2020, a position he previously held in an acting capacity from November 2019 to November 2020.

Ivan Meyer had served as the First Deputy Federal Chairperson of the DA from 2010 to 2012, and again from 2015 to 2019.

Ivan Meyer was the provincial leader of the party in the Western Cape from 2012 to 2015.

Ivan Meyer served as the chief director of Provincial Training in the Corporate Services Directorate of the Western Cape Provincial Administration.

Ivan Meyer was a Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Local Governance at the University of Stellenbosch.

Ivan Meyer has published various works in the fields of education, housing, local government and public administration.

Ivan Meyer was inaugurated as a Member on 6 May 2009.

Ivan Meyer was elected as one of three Deputy Federal Chairpersons of the DA in July 2010.

Ivan Meyer served as Provincial Minister of Social Development until September 2010, when Zille reshuffled her Provincial Cabinet and announced that Patricia de Lille, the Leader of the Independent Democrats, would succeed Ivan Meyer.

Ivan Meyer was appointed Provincial Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, succeeding Sakkie Jenner.

Botha had announced his intention to retire as leader, and Ivan Meyer was elected unopposed at the party's Provincial Congress on 13 October 2012.

Ivan Meyer resigned as a Deputy Federal Chairperson on the same day.

Ivan Meyer announced in April 2015 that he would stand down as Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance.

Ivan Meyer announced at the party's Provincial Congress that he was running to be one of the DA's three federal chairperson deputies.

Ivan Meyer was elected on 10 May 2015 at the party's Federal Congress as the first of the three deputies.

In October 2019, Ivan Meyer announced his candidacy for the post of interim Federal Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance.

Ivan Meyer faced Nomafrench Mbombo and Khume Ramulifho for the position.

Ivan Meyer was elected to a full term in 2020, and re-elected in 2023.