14 Facts About Wouter Wessels

Wouter Wynand Wessels was born on 18 March 1985 and is a South African politician and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Freedom Front Plus.

Wouter Wessels is the chairperson of Parliament's Standing Committee on the Auditor General.

Wouter Wessels took office as an MP on 1 December 2017 and succeeded the former party leader Pieter Mulder, who resigned from Parliament a day earlier.

Wouter Wessels matriculated from Grens High School and subsequently studied at the University of the Free State.

Wouter Wessels became the personal secretary to party leader Pieter Mulder following his appointment as a deputy minister in the cabinet of South Africa.

Wouter Wessels served in the post for five years from 2009 to 2014.

Wouter Wessels serves as the deputy leader of the FF Plus in the Free State and is the party's head of elections.

Wouter Wessels is a member of the party's federal council, the federal executive and the national executive committee.

Wouter Wessels was the national youth leader of the FF Plus.

Wouter Wessels became a Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature in 2013.

Wouter Wessels returned to the provincial legislature following the 2014 elections.

Wouter Wessels was then appointed to the National Assembly to take up Mulder's seat.

Wouter Wessels was re-elected as an MP in May 2019.

Wouter Wessels was re-elected to the National Assembly in the 2024 general election.