Dan van Holst Pellekaan

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Dan van Holst Pellekaan

| honorific-suffix =

| image = Van Holst Pellekaan.jpg

| order =

| office = Deputy Premier of South Australia

| term_start = 23 November 2021

| term_end = 21 March 2022

| premier = Steven Marshall

| predecessor = Vickie Chapman

| successor = Susan Close

| office1 = Deputy Leader of the South Australian
Liberal Party

| leader1 = Steven Marshall

| term_start1 = 25 November 2021

| term_end1 = 19 April 2022

| predecessor1 = Vickie Chapman

| successor1 = John Gardner

| office2 = Leader of Government Business in the House

| premier2 = Steven Marshall

| term_start2 = 29 July 2020

| term_end2 = 21 March 2022

| predecessor2 = Stephan Knoll

| successor2 = Tom Koutsantonis

| office3 = Minister for Energy and Mining

| premier3 = Steven Marshall

| term_start3 = 22 March 2018

| term_end3 = 21 March 2022

| predecessor3 = Tom Koutsantonis {{small|(as Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy)}}

| successor3 = Tom Koutsantonis

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| office4 = Shadow Minister for Energy and Mining

| leader4 = Steven Marshall

| term_start4 = 25 January 2017

| term_end4 = 22 March 2018

| predecessor4 =

| successor4 = Tom Koutsantonis

| office5 = Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Racing, and Sport and Recreation

| leader5 = Isobel Redmond

| term_start5 = 8 December 2011

| term_end5 = 6 November 2012

| predecessor5 = Steven Griffiths {{small|(for Regional Development)}}

| successor5 = Mitch Williams {{small|(for Racing, Sport and Recreation)}}

{{Collapsed infobox section end}}

| office6 = Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Stuart

| term_start6 = 20 March 2010

| term_end6 = 19 March 2022

| predecessor6 = Graham Gunn

| successor6 = Geoff Brock

| birthname = Daniel Cornelius van Holst Pellekaan

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Canberra, ACT, Australia

| death_date =

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| party = Liberal

| spouse = Rebecca van Holst Pellekaan

| children =

| residence =

| education = Maret School

| alma_mater = {{plainlist|

• University of Toronto
• University of Tasmania {{small|(BEc)}}

}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Basketball player|Politician}}

|module={{Infobox basketball biography

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|height_cm = 191

|height_footnote = {{cite web |title=Dan Van Holst Pellekan |url=http://aussiehoopla.com/dan-van-holst-pellekan/ |website=Aussie Hoopla |access-date=21 February 2022}}

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|career_start = 1985

|career_end = 1988

|career_position = Forward

|career_number =

|years1 = 1985–1988{{cite web |url=http://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&client=0-189-88232-125695-11145427&pID=190395462&news_task=DETAIL |title=Dan Van Holst Pellekan |publisher=SportsTG |access-date=8 May 2019 |work=Player Profile}}

|team1 = Hobart Devils

|highlights =

|stats_league = NBL

|stat1label = Points

|stat1value = 389 (5.8 ppg)

|stat2label = Rebounds

|stat2value = 215 (3.2 rpb)

|stat3label = Blocks

|stat3value = 15 (0.2 bpg)

}}

}}

Daniel Cornelius van Holst Pellekaan is an Australian former politician. He represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Stuart for the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia from 2010 state election until he lost the seat in the 2022 state election.{{cite web |url=http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au |publisher=Electoral Commission of South Australia |title=2010 election }}

Van Holst Pellekaan was the Deputy Premier of South Australia between November 2021 and March 2022, and served as the Minister for Energy and Mining in the Marshall Ministry between 2018 and 2022.{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-22/sa-liberal-government-sworn-in-whos-who-in-ministry/9575712 |title=SA election: Who's who in the new South Australian Liberal Government? |last=MacLennan |first=Leah |date=22 March 2018 |website=ABC News |location=Australia |access-date=22 March 2018}}{{Cite web |url=http://governmentgazette.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/public/documents/gazette/2018/March/2018_020.pdf |title=The South Australian Government Gazette, 22 March 2018, No. 20, Supplementary Gazette|access-date=23 March 2018}}