Beyers Smit Explained

Beyers Smit
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Member of the National Assembly
Term Start:22nd May 2024
Office1:Permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces
Term Start1:22 May 2014
Term End1:14 May 2024
Birthname:Christiaan Frederik Beyers Smit
Nationality:South African
Party:Democratic Alliance
Occupation:Member of Parliament
Profession:Politician

Christiaan Frederik Beyers Smit is a South African politician who has been a permanent delegate on the National Council of Provinces from May 2014 to May 2024. Smit is a member of the Limpopo delegation and a party member of the Democratic Alliance.

Political career

Smit is a former PR and Executive councillor of the Mogalakwena Local Municipality.[1] In October 2017, he was elected as one of two deputy provincial chairpersons of the Democratic Alliance.[2]

Parliamentary career

Following the general election that was held on 7 May 2014, Smit was elected as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from Limpopo. He was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on 22 May 2014.[3] In June 2014, he was assigned to his committees for the 2014–2019 term.[4]

On 23 May 2019, Smit took office for his second term as a permanent delegate to the NCOP. The DA appointed him as their shadow chairperson.[5] He was named to his new committees on 24 June 2019.

He was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in 2024.

Beyer is openly gay.[6]

Current assignments

Past committee assignments

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Notes and References

  1. News: Mandiwana . Nyambeni . Former mayor shot during a protest . 28 September 2020 . ReviewOnline . 2 September 2014 . Mogalakwena DA ward councillor, Beyers Smit, said the entire situation was now out of control..
  2. News: Erasmus . Nellie . BREAKING NEWS: Jacques Smalle re-elected as DA Provincial Leader . 28 September 2020 . ReviewOnline . 21 October 2017 . Polokwane.
  3. Web site: Hansard: NCOP: Appointment of returning Officers; Election of Chairperson of National Council of Provinces . Parliamentary Monitoring Group . 28 September 2020.
  4. Web site: Mr Christiaan Frederik Beyers Smit . People's Assembly . 28 September 2020.
  5. News: Bapela . Lizzy . Waterberg has a foot in DA shadow Cabinet . 28 September 2020 . Die Pos . 20 June 2019.
  6. Web site: Out and proud | Here are ten South African openly LGBTQ MPS . 13 June 2017 .