Okkie Terblanche Explained

Okkie Terblanche
Office:Shadow Deputy Minister of Police
Leader:John Steenhuisen
Mmusi Maimane
Term Start:5 June 2019
Term End:14 June 2024
Predecessor:Dianne Kohler-Barnard
Office1:Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start1:22 May 2019
Term End1:28 May 2024
Constituency1:Western Cape
Office2:Permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from the Western Cape
Term Start2:15 October 2015
Term End2:7 May 2019
Birthname:Ockert Stefanus Terblanche
Birth Date:10 July 1952
Nationality:South African
Party:Democratic Alliance
Occupation:Member of Parliament
Profession:Politician

Ockert Stefanus "Okkie" Terblanche (born 10 July 1952) is a South African retired politician and retired police general who served as the Shadow Deputy Minister of Police and as a Member of the National Assembly from 2019 until retiring from politics in 2024. He represented the Western Cape in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) from October 2015 to May 2019. Terblanche is a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA).[1]

Career

Terblanche was a police officer of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and served as a major general until 2010. He relocated to the town of Mossel Bay and campaigned for the DA during the 2011 South African municipal elections. He was later elected chair of the DA branch in ward 10 of the municipality.[2]

In October 2015, the DA caucus in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament nominated him to become a party representative in the NCOP, the upper house of the South African parliament.[3] [4] He was confirmed as a permanent delegate on 15 October. He served as a permanent delegate until the 2019 general election when he was elected to the lower house, the National Assembly. DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane appointed him as the Shadow Deputy Police Minister on 5 June 2019.[5] John Steenhuisen was elected parliamentary leader in October 2019. He kept Terblanche in his position.

In February 2022, Terblanche was appointed as electoral head of the DA's Oudtshoorn constituency.[6]

Terblanche did not stand for re-election to the National Assembly at the 2024 general election and retired from politics at the election.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Mosselbaai-inwoner in Parlement (Mossel Bay resident in Parliament) . 18 June 2020 . Mossel Bay Advertiser . 15 September 2015. af.
  2. Web site: Blog: Ockert Stefanus Terblanche . People's Assembly . 5 May 2020 . 7 May 2020.
  3. News: Okkie Terblanche na Parlement (Okkie Terblanche to Parliament). 18 June 2020 . Mossel Bay Advertiser . 18 September 2015. af.
  4. Web site: New Western Cape permanent delegate to the NCOP . wcpp.gov.za . 7 May 2020.
  5. News: Head . Tom . DA's Shadow Cabinet: Dependables return, with a small hint of controversy . 5 June 2019 . The South African . 7 May 2020.
  6. Web site: DA stel nuwe verkiesingshoof in Oudtshoorn aan. 2022-02-11. Oudtshoorn Courant . af.
  7. Web site: PROFILE: Ockert Terblanche – from policeman to parliamentarian . 2024-05-23 . BusinessLIVE . en-ZA.