Okkie Terblanche
{{short description|South African politician}}
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| office = Shadow Deputy Minister of Police
| leader = John Steenhuisen
Mmusi Maimane
| term_start = 5 June 2019
| term_end = 14 June 2024
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| 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
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| birthname = Ockert Stefanus Terblanche
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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).{{cite news |title=Mosselbaai-inwoner in Parlement (Mossel Bay resident in Parliament) |url=https://www.mosselbayadvertiser.com/News/Article/General/mosselbaai-inwoner-in-parlement-20170711 |access-date=18 June 2020 |newspaper=Mossel Bay Advertiser |date=15 September 2015|language=af}}
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.{{cite web |title=Blog: Ockert Stefanus Terblanche |url=https://www.pa.org.za/blog/ockert-stefanus-terblanche |website=People's Assembly |date=5 May 2020 |access-date=7 May 2020}}
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.{{cite news |title=Okkie Terblanche na Parlement (Okkie Terblanche to Parliament)|url=https://www.mosselbayadvertiser.com/News/Article/General/okkie-terblanche-na-parlement-20170711 |access-date=18 June 2020 |newspaper=Mossel Bay Advertiser |date=18 September 2015|language=af}}{{cite web |title= New Western Cape permanent delegate to the NCOP |url=https://www.wcpp.gov.za/node/2329 |website=wcpp.gov.za |access-date=7 May 2020}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Head |first1=Tom |title=DA's Shadow Cabinet: Dependables return, with a small hint of controversy |url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/da-shadow-cabinet-who-is-in-2019/ |access-date=5 June 2019 |newspaper=The South African |date=7 May 2020}} 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.{{Cite web|title=DA stel nuwe verkiesingshoof in Oudtshoorn aan|url=https://www.oudtshoorncourant.com/News/Article/Politics/www.oudtshoorncourant.com/News/Article/Politics/da-stel-nuwe-verkiesingshoof-op-oudtshoorn-aan-202202070428|access-date=2022-02-11|website=Oudtshoorn Courant |language=af}}{{dead link|date=June 2022}}
Terblanche did not stand for re-election to the National Assembly at the 2024 general election and retired from politics at the election.{{Cite web |title=PROFILE: Ockert Terblanche – from policeman to parliamentarian |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/fm-fox/2024-05-09-profile-ockert-terblanche--from-policeman-to-parliamentarian/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=BusinessLIVE |language=en-ZA}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200523210828/https://www.parliament.gov.za/person-details/355 M.Gen Ockert Stefanus Terblanche – Parliament of South Africa]
- {{People's Assembly (South Africa) | ockert-stefanus-terblanche | Ockert Stefanus Terblanche}}
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Category:Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2019–2024
Category:Members of the National Council of Provinces
Category:Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians