Ashor Sarupen

Ashor Sarupen
Deputy Minister of Finance
Assumed office
30 June 2024
Serving with David Masondo
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
MinisterEnoch Godongwana
Preceded byDavid Masondo
Deputy Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Federal Council
Assumed office
27 November 2020
Serving with Annelie Lotriet (Since 2023); Thomas Walters (Since 2020) and James Masango (Until 2023)
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
ChairpersonHelen Zille
Preceded byThomas Walters
Natasha Mazzone
James Masango
Parliamentary Counsellor to the Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Federal Council
In office
1 February 2020 – 27 November 2020
ChairpersonHelen Zille
Preceded byPosition established
Chief of Staff to the Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Federal Council
In office
22 October 2019 – 31 January 2020
Preceded byElsabe Oosthuysen
Succeeded byNicholas Gotsell
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
In office
21 May 2014 – 7 May 2019
Chief Whip of the Official Opposition in the Ekurhuleni City Council
In office
18 March 2011 – 7 May 2014
Personal details
Born
Ashor Sarupen

(1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 (age 36)
Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa
Political partyDemocratic Alliance (2007–present)
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand;University of Pretoria
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician
CommitteesStanding Committee on Appropriations
Standing Committee on Finance

Ashor Sarupen (born 1 July 1988) is a South African politician who is serving as Deputy Minister of Finance since 30 June 2024. He is a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Democratic Alliance (DA), after having taken office on 22 May 2019. He was a representative of the party on both the Standing Committee on Appropriations and the Standing Committee on Finance. He also served as chief of staff to DA Federal Council Chairperson Helen Zille, and presently serves as her Parliamentary Counsellor. He previously served as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 2014 to 2019 and before that, he was the Democratic Alliance Chief Whip and City Councillor in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality from 2011 to 2014.[1]

  1. ^ "Former resident sworn in at Parliament". Greytown Gazette - News24. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.