Farhat Essack
{{Short description|South African politician}}
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Farhat Essack is a South African politician who has been a Democratic Alliance (DA) Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since April 2022. Esaack had previously served as a Thaba Chweu Local Municipality councillor from 1996 to 2014 and as a Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces from Mpumalanga from 2014 to 2019.
Political career
Essack had served as a DA councillor in the Thaba Chweu Local Municipality in Mpumalanga from 1996 until his election to the National Council of Provinces, the upper house of parliament, in 2014.{{Cite web |date=2014-05-23 |title=DA councillors step up to the plate |url=https://lowvelder.co.za/640856/history-made-town-delivers-two-parliamentary-delegates/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Lowvelder |language=en-US}} In the NCOP, he was a member of the Select Committee on Finance and the Select Committee on Appropriations. He was an alternate member of the Select Committee on Trade and International Relations. Essack also served on the Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament.{{Cite web |title=Farhat Essack |url=http://www.pa.org.za/person/farhat-essack/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=People's Assembly |language=en}}
Essack was not appointed back to the NCOP after the 2019 elections. He was re-elected as the DA's provincial finance chairman in Mpumalanga in 2020.{{Cite web |title=Mpumalanga DA concludes its first virtual political congress, re-elects Jane Sithole as leader |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/mpumalanga-da-concludes-its-first-virtual-political-congress-re-elects-jane-sithole-as-leader-20201010 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}
In December 2020, the DA announced that Essack would be returning to Parliament as a DA member in the National Assembly, the lower house.{{Cite web |last=Lepule |first=Tshego |title=The DA’s Dan Plato heading back to W Cape Legislature |url=https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/the-das-dan-plato-heading-back-to-w-cape-legislature-00ac0330-ee13-4c64-a48f-1e2d05c65c0b |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=www.iol.co.za |language=en}} He was sworn in on 25 April 2022. Essack was elected to a full term in the National Assembly 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=2024-11-29 |website=www.politicsweb.co.za |language=en}}
Personal life
References
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External links
- [https://www.parliament.gov.za/person-details/4689 Profile] at Parliament of South Africa
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Category:Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2024–2029
Category:Members of the National Council of Provinces
Category:Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians
Category:South African politicians of Indian descent
Category:Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2019–2024