Emma Powell

{{short description|Member of Parliament of South Africa}}

{{about||the botanist and ornithologist|Emma Dean Powell}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Emma Louise Powell

| office = Shadow Minister of International Relations and Cooperation

| leader = John Steenhuisen

| termstart = 21 April 2023

| termend = 14 June 2024

| predecessor = Darren Bergman

| successor = Position vacant

| office1 = Shadow Minister of Human Settlements

| leader1 = John Steenhuisen

| termstart1 = 5 December 2020

| termend1 = 21 April 2023

| predecessor1 = Office reestablished

| successor1 = Luyolo Mphithi

| office2 = Member of Parliament from Western Cape

| termstart2 = May 2019

| honorific_suffix = MP

}}

Emma Louise Powell is a South African politician who has been a member of parliament (MP) for the Democratic Alliance (DA){{Cite web|url=http://www.pa.org.za/person/emma-louise-powell/|title=Emma Louise Powell|last=Town 8001|first=Associated Magazines 21 St Johns Street Cape|website=People's Assembly|language=en|access-date=2019-12-15}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.gov.za/person-details/311|title=Ms Emma Louise Powell - Parliament of South Africa|website=www.parliament.gov.za|access-date=2019-12-15}}

She was named as the shadow deputy minister of human settlements, water and sanitation in the shadow cabinet of Mmusi Maimane in June 2019.

In December 2020, she was appointed as Shadow Minister of Human Settlements by John Steenhuisen.{{Cite web|last=Mazzone|first=Natasha|date=5 December 2020|title=DA announces new Shadow Cabinet that will bring Real Hope and Real Change|url=https://www.da.org.za/2020/12/da-announces-new-shadow-cabinet-that-will-bring-real-hope-and-real-change|access-date=5 December 2020|website=Democratic Alliance}}

Powell was promoted to the role of Shadow Minister of International Relations and Cooperation during a shadow cabinet reshuffle on 21 April 2023.{{Cite web |title=Shadow Cabinet: DA announces changes with a focus on Election 2024 |url=https://www.da.org.za/2023/04/shadow-cabinet-da-announces-changes-with-a-focus-on-election-2024 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Democratic Alliance |language=en}}

Powell was re-elected as a member of parliament in the 2024 general election.{{Cite web |title=The 400 MPs elected to the National Assembly - IEC - DOCUMENTS {{!}} Politicsweb |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/the-400-mps-elected-to-the-national-assembly--iec |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=www.politicsweb.co.za |language=en}} The DA entered national government through a coalition with the ANC which saw Powell leave office as Shadow Minister.{{Cite web |last=Masuabi |first=Queenin |date=2024-06-14 |title=DA joins ANC in GNU formation, backs Ramaphosa re-election |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-06-14-four-reasons-why-da-decided-to-join-the-government-of-national-unity/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}

In 2025, she went on a secret covert trip to Israel despite the ongoing genocide case being brought by South Africa at the International Court of Justice.{{Cite web |last=Daniels |first=Nicola |date=2025 |title=Israeli trip haunts DA MP |url=https://capetimes.co.za/news/2025-05-09-israeli-trip-haunts-da-mp/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Cape Times |language=en}}