Deidré Baartman

South African politician

Deidré Baartman MPP

Western Cape Provincial Minister of Finance
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 June 2024
Premier	Alan Winde
Preceded by	Mireille Wenger
Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2019

Personal details
Born	(1991-02-07) 7 February 1991 (age 33)
Nationality	South African
Political party	Democratic Alliance
Occupation	Politician

Deidré Maudelene Baartman (born 7 February 1991) is a South African politician who has been the Western Cape's Provincial Minister of Finance since June 2024. A member of the Democratic Alliance (DA), she has been a member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament since May 2019. She previously served as the Deputy Chief Whip of the DA caucus and the Chairperson of both the Budget Committee and the Standing Committee on Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism.

Life and career

Baartman obtained her LLB and LLM (Public Procurement Law) from the University of Stellenbosch. She was admitted as an advocate of the Western Cape High Court in 2017. Prior to being elected, she worked as a political assistant to the Democratic Alliance's National Assembly Chief Whip, John Steenhuisen.^[1]

Baartman took office as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in May 2019. She was elected Chairperson of both the Standing Committee on Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism and the Budget Committee.^[2] In 2021, she was appointed deputy chief whip of the DA caucus. Baartman was re-elected for a second term in the Provincial Parliament in the 2024 provincial election. On 13 June 2024, she was appointed as the Provincial Minister of Finance by premier Alan Winde.^[3]

References

^ Gerber, Jan. Former Bitou mayor to chair Western Cape's Scopa, News24, 4 June 2019. Retrieved on 5 August 2019.
^ Western Cape Provincial Parliament elects SCOPA, committee chairpersons Archived 30 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine, The Citizen, 5 June 2019. Retrieved on 5 August 2019.
^ "Premier Winde announces his new Cabinet". Western Cape Government. Retrieved 13 June 2024.