Mark John Burke
{{short description|South African politician}}
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Mark John Burke is a South African politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Democratic Alliance (DA) since 2024.
Background
Burke was born in 1989 in Free State and is a native speaker of Afrikaans.{{Cite web |date=2015-09-01 |title=Luister, you can keep your Oxford scholarship - Thought Leader |url=https://thoughtleader.co.za/you-can-keep-your-scholarship-to-oxford/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=thoughtleader.co.za/ |language=en-ZA}} He earned two bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Language Technology from the Potchefstroom campus of North-West University.{{Cite web |title=About the Contributors |url=https://www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=114387&ptid=102191&ctid=17&t=About%20the%20Contributors&isxn=9781466661585 |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=IGI Global}} During his time at North-West University, he founded the Debate Society.{{Cite web |title=About us |url=http://nwupukdebatesociety.weebly.com/about-us.html |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=nwupukdebatesociety.weebly.com}} He also earned a master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Cape Town,{{Cite web |date=2012 |title=Mandela Rhodes Foundation Yearbook 2012 |url=https://www.mandelarhodes.org/downloads/yearbooks/2012.pdf |access-date=2024-08-07}} and a PhD from the University of Cambridge on a scholarship from the Mandela Rhodes Foundation.
Burke is the founder of ExpertRand, a company providing money transfer services for expatriate South Africans, and a cofounder of Kastelo, a fintech company. He is married to Dr. Talia Simone da Silva Burke.{{Cite web |title=Mark John Burke |url=https://www.mandelarhodes.org/scholarship/scholars/mark-john-burke/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=The Mandela Rhodes Foundation |language=en}}
Parliamentary career
Burke stood as a DA parliamentary candidate on the Western Cape list in the 2024 national elections and was subsequently elected to the National Assembly of South Africa. He was sworn in on 25 June 2024.{{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=2024-07-09 |website=www.politicsweb.co.za |language=en}} He is a member of the Standing Committee on Appropriations and is an alternate member of the Standing Committee on Finance.{{Cite web |title=Mark John Burke |url=https://www.parliament.gov.za/person-details/5298 |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Parliament of South Africa}}