Sérgio Dos Santos

Sérgio José Pombo Dos Santos (born 21 April 1981) is a South African politician who has served as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since 2019, representing the Democratic Alliance.

Not to be confused with the retired South African footballer Sergio Dos Santos.

Sérgio Dos Santos
MPL
Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Personal details
Born
Sérgio José Pombo Dos Santos

(1981-04-21) 21 April 1981
Johannesburg, South Africa
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
ProfessionPolitician

Early life

Dos Santos was born on 21 April 1981 in Johannesburg.[1] He worked in human resources before he was elected to the city council of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.[2]

Political career

He started his political career by working as the constituency operations manager of the Democratic Alliance from 2009 to 2011.[2]

Dos Santos was elected to the City of Johannesburg council for ward 54 in the 2011 municipal elections. He was later appointed by-elections manager for his constituency. Dos Santos was one of the DA's campaign managers for the 2016 municipal elections, in which the African National Congress lost their majority of seats on the city council. He was also re-elected as the ward councillor for ward 54 at the election.[2] After that, the DA managed to form a coalition with small parties and won control of the municipality. Dos Santos was appointed chairperson of the Section 79 Oversight Committee on Governance.[1]

For the 2019 national and provincial elections, Dos Santos stood as a candidate for the Gauteng Provincial Legislature on the DA's list.[3] As a result of the DA winning 20 seats in the provincial legislature, he was allocated a seat in the legislature and was sworn in on 22 May 2019.[4]

Dos Santos currently serves as a member of the Petitions Committee.[5]

Personal life

Dos Santos is married and has one child.[1] He is a muslim.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Profile". www.joburg.org.za. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  2. "Isa Dos Santos". conference.accidentalmuslims.com. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  3. "Democratic Alliance (DA) Candidates for the 2019 provincial election Gauteng". People's Assembly. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  4. "National Gazette No 42460 of 15-May-2019, Volume 647" (PDF). GreenGazette. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  5. "COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE SIXTH LEGISLATURE (2019-2024)". Gauteng Provincial Legislature. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
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