Deidré Baartman
MPP
Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Personal details
Born (1991-02-07) 7 February 1991
NationalitySouth African
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
OccupationPolitician

Deidré Maudelene Baartman (born 7 February 1991) is a South African politician of the Democratic Alliance (DA). She is currently a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. She is the Chairperson of both the Standing Committee on Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism and the Budget Committee in the Provincial Parliament.

Life and career

Baartman obtained an LLB from the University of Stellenbosch. She became an advocate of the Western Cape High Court in 2017. Soon after her appointment, she worked as a political assistant to the Democratic Alliance's National Assembly Chief Whip, John Steenhuisen.[1]

Baartman took office as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in May 2019. She was elected Chairperson of both the Standing Committee on Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism and the Budget Committee.[2] She is the youngest elected Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, to date - having been elected at the age of 28.

References

  1. ↑ Gerber, Jan. Former Bitou mayor to chair Western Cape's Scopa, News24, 4 June 2019. Retrieved on 5 August 2019.
  2. ↑ Western Cape Provincial Parliament elects SCOPA, committee chairpersons, The Citizen, 5 June 2019. Retrieved on 5 August 2019.
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