Carl Greyling
Carl Greyling | |
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| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office June 1999 – May 2009 | |
| Constituency | Western Cape |
| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
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Carl Heinrich Friederich Greyling is a South African politician who represented the Western Cape in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2009. He was the chief whip of the New National Party (NNP) until September 2005, when he crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC).
Legislative career[edit]
In the 1999 general election, Greyling was elected to an NNP seat in the National Assembly, representing the Western Cape constituency.[1] He was re-elected to his seat in the 2004 general election[2] and served as the NNP's chief whip in the assembly.[3]
Months after the election, in October 2004, he and seven other NNP members announced that they intended to defect from the party to the ANC during the next floor-crossing period. Greyling said that he had made his decision in consultation with local party members and after studying the Freedom Charter and the national Constitution.[4] He officially remained an NNP member until 1 September 2005, when, at the outset of the 2005 floor-crossing window, he formally joined the ANC.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Few surprises on candidates lists". The Mail & Guardian. 20 April 2004. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "ANC Caucus Welcomes Its New NNP Converts". Business Day. 29 October 2004. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via allAfrica.
- ^ "Eight NNP MPs to defect to ANC". The Mail & Guardian. 28 October 2004. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "National Assembly Members". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2023.