1. Michael John Cardo was born on 28 June 1977 and is a South African author and politician who served as the Shadow Minister of Employment and Labour from June 2019 until February 2024.
15 Facts About Michael Cardo
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Michael Cardo was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in May 2014.
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Michael Cardo resigned from Parliament effective on 31 January 2024.
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Michael Cardo holds a BA Honours in history from the University of Natal.
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Michael Cardo has an MPhil and a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge.
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In 2003, Cardo joined the political staff of the Democratic Alliance and worked as a chief of staff in the office of the DA leader Tony Leon.
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Michael Cardo was then employed in the policy and strategy unit of the department of the premier in the Western Cape government between 2011 and 2014.
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Michael Cardo was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on 21 May 2014.
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Michael Cardo became a member of that specific portfolio's committee on 25 June 2015.
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Michael Cardo relinquished his membership on the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General on 23 November 2015, meaning that his only committee assignment for the remainder of the term was the Portfolio Committee on Economic Development.
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Michael Cardo was re-elected for a second term in May 2019.
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Michael Cardo became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour later that month.
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Michael Cardo remained in his post as shadow employment and labour minister in John Steenhuisen's Shadow Cabinet.
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Michael Cardo is one of a number of openly LGBTQ+ members of parliament.
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Michael Cardo was awarded a Visiting Research Fellowship at the Helen Suzman Foundation in 2006.