12 Facts About Lourie Bosman

Lourens Bosman was born on 20 June 1941 and is a South African politician for the opposition Freedom Front Plus, and the former President of AgriSA.

Lourie Bosman served as a Member of Parliament for the official opposition Democratic Alliance, first as Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and then as Shadow Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, before defecting to the FF+ in 2014.

Dr Lourie Bosman is married and has two children, a son Adee and a daughter Anname, with five grandchildren.

Lourie Bosman began his career by farming cattle and maize in 1968 and ran a Brahman Stud on his farms in the Warmbath district as well as practicing as a pharmacist in Lichtenburg from 1965 tp 1978.

Lourie Bosman has served on the IFAP Executive Committee, where he represented the IFAP on various International Conferences and working groups like Animal Health and Welfare and the Animal Identification and Traceability committees.

Lourie Bosman has been a Member of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers, since 2002, where he served as Vice-Chairperson and then as Chairperson of the Meats and Feeds, working group from 2004.

Also, Dr Lourie Bosman served his community in various other capacities, as President of the Warmbaths Agricultural and Industrial Show from 1986 - 1989, he played provincial hockey and represented Western Transvaal as well as Griqualand West, played first league cricket and social golf.

Dr Lourie Bosman has been a Member of the IFAP since 2002, where he served as Vice-Chairperson and then as Chairperson of the Meats and Feeds working group from 2004 to the present day.

Lourie Bosman has dedicated a significant amount of time to Global Forum for Agricultural Research and is one of the proponents of International Meat Conferences.

Lourie Bosman then served as the Shadow Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training from 2012 to 2014.

Lourie Bosman announced he was joining the smaller Freedom Front Plus in the run-up to the 2014 general election, but was not returned to parliament.

In 2016, Lourie Bosman was elected as a municipal councillor for the FF+ in Newcastle Local Municipality.