Benedicta van Minnen explained

Benedicta van Minnen
Honorific-Suffix:	MPP
Office1:	Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Term Start1:	13 June 2024
Office2:	Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start2:	22 May 2019
Term End2:	28 May 2024
Birth Date:	10 December 1970
Nationality:	South African
Party:	Democratic Alliance
Alma Mater:	University of Cape Town
Occupation:	Politician

Benedicta Maria van Minnen (born 10 December 1970) is a South African politician and a member of the Democratic Alliance. She has been a member of the Western Cape Provincial. Previously, she served as a councillor in the City of Cape Town and as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa.

Early life and education

Van Minnen studied at the University of Cape Town. In 1991, she was elected to the university's Student Representative Council (SRC).^[1]

Political career

A member of the Democratic Alliance, she was first elected as the ward councillor for ward 15 in the City of Cape Town in the 2011 municipal election.

Mayoral Committee Member for Health, Lungiswa James, was elected to the National Assembly at the 2014 general election, which caused the position to become vacant. Consequently, mayor Patricia de Lille appointed Van Minnen to the post.^[2] De Lille moved her to the housing portfolio in January 2015.^[3] Van Minnen was elected as a PR councillor in the August 2016 municipal election. De Lille kept her in the mayoral committee until January 2017.^{[4] [5]}

Prior to the 8 May 2019 general election, Van Minnen was ranked second on the DA's Western Cape list of candidates for the National Assembly.^[6] She was nominated to Parliament after the election,^[7] and was sworn in on 22 May 2019.^[8] On 5 June 2019, DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane appointed her as the party's deputy spokesperson on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.^[9] She became a member of the committee on 27 June 2019.^[10]

Van Minnen became an alternate member of the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry on 21 June 2021.^[11]

Van Minnen was elected to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in the 2024 Western Cape provincial election.^[12]

External links

• National Assembly biography
• People's Assembly biography

Notes and References

1. News: Macfarlane . Norman . Spotlight on: Benedicta van Minnen . 5 November 2020 . Bolander Lifestyle . 20 July 2016.
2. News: Lewis . Anel . Reshuffle best for Cape Town: de Lille . 5 November 2020 . IOL . 19 May 2014 . Cape Town.
3. Web site: De Lille . Patricia . Benedicta Van Minnen new Mayco member for housing - Patricia de Lille . Politicsweb . 5 November 2020 . 26 January 2015.
4. News: Evans . Jenni . De Lille to announce new mayoral committee for Cape Town . 5 November 2020 . News24 . 16 January 2017.
5. News: Evans . Jenni . De Lille shakes up Cape Town mayoral committee . 5 November 2020 . News24 . 16 January 2017.
6. Web site: Democratic Alliance (DA) Candidates for the 2019 national election . People's Assembly . 5 November 2020.
7. News: SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures . 5 November 2020 . News24 . 15 May 2019.
8. Web site: National Assembly Member (As on 22 May 2019). 6 November 2020. Parliamentary Monitoring Group.
9. News: Head . Tom . DA's Shadow Cabinet: Dependables return, with a small hint of controversy . 5 November 2020 . The South Africa . 5 June 2019.
10. Web site: announcements, tablings and committee reports - APRAV . APRAV . 5 November 2020.
11. Web site: 21 June 2021. Announcements, tablings and committee reports. live. 20 July 2021. Parliament of South Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20210720212329/https://www.parliament.gov.za/storage/app/media/Docs/atc/5bd57e9f-5b2d-4a04-8f69-896355086bf8.pdf . 2021-07-20 .
12. Web site: Charles . Marvin . Western Cape legislature to usher in new faces in major shake-up . 2024-06-14 . News24 . en-US.