Gizella Opperman

Gizella Opperman (née Hartnick; born 24 July 1980) is a South African politician from the Northern Cape serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2019. Opperman is a party member of the Democratic Alliance (DA).

Gizella Opperman
MP
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic Alliance

Political career

In 2011, Opperman was elected as a councillor of the Hantam Local Municipality. She was elected as the deputy provincial chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Women's Network in September 2015.[1] She is currently the provincial chairperson.[2]

Opperman was the first candidate on the DA's Northern Cape list of candidates for the general election on 8 May 2019.[3] She was elected to the National Assembly at the election and was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on 22 May 2019.[4] She became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) in June of the same year.[5]

In 2020, Opperman declared her candidacy for provincial chairperson of the Democratic Alliance. The provincial congress was held on 5 December 2020.[6] She lost to Isak Fritz.[7]

References
  1. Mere, Boipelo (30 September 2015). "Dawn wants to empower women". Express News. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. "DA Women's Network". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. "People's Assembly".
  4. "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". Elections24 - News24. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  5. "announcements, tablings and committee reports - APRAV" (PDF). APRAV. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  6. Kwon Hoo, Sandi (24 November 2020). "DA releases list of NC candidates". Diamond Fields Advertiser. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  7. Phillips, Benida (6 December 2020). "DA in N Cape elects McGluwa as new provincial leader". DFA. Retrieved 6 December 2020.


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