14 Facts About Nazier Paulsen

Mogamad Nazier Paulsen is South African politician currently serving as a Member of the National Assembly for the Economic Freedom Fighters.

Nazier Paulsen obtained a BCom Honours degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Distributed Systems from the University of Cape Town.

Nazier Paulsen was previously an Information and Technology lecturer at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

Nazier Paulsen was the party's Western Cape Premier candidate for the 2014 general elections.

Nazier Paulsen won a second term as a Member of Parliament in May 2019.

Nazier Paulsen was not ranked high enough on the EFF national list to be returned to the National Assembly after the 2024 general election.

When Nazier Paulsen took office as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, he was assigned a laptop.

Nazier Paulsen resigned as a Member of the Provincial Parliament in May 2015 and initially refused to hand the laptop back.

On 6 November 2018, Nazier Paulsen was involved in a fracas with Agang MP, Andries Tlouamma.

On 15 August 2019, Nazier Paulsen appeared in court due to his alleged assault of a man that was parked outside his ex-wife's house in early-August.

On 19 November 2019, Nazier Paulsen was asked to leave the National Assembly following his refusal to retract his statement that Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan appoints SOE staff based on their race.

Deputy speaker Lechesa Tsenoli then ordered Nazier Paulsen to leave the House amid the tension.

Van Damme then said that Nazier Paulsen allegedly threatened to "beat her up" and got into an argument with EFF MPs.

Nazier Paulsen was then ordered to leave and was accompanied by two male DA MPs, Kevin Mileham and Chris Hunsinger.