Cilliers Brink

Cilliers Brink
Mayor of Tshwane
In office
28 March 2023 – 26 September 2024
Preceded byMurunwa Makwarela
Member of the Tshwane City Council
Assumed office
24 February 2023
In office
May 2011 – May 2019
National Spokesperson of the Democratic Alliance
In office
September 2022 – February 2023
Serving with Solly Malatsi
(18 August 2022 – 2 April 2023)
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Preceded bySiviwe Gwarube
Succeeded bySolly Malatsi (solely)
Shadow Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
In office
5 December 2020 – 23 February 2023
DeputyEleanore Bouw-Spies
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Preceded byHaniff Hoosen
Shadow Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
In office
5 June 2019 – 5 December 2020
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Mmusi Maimane
Shadow MinisterHaniff Hoosen
Preceded byCholoane Matsepe[1]
Succeeded byEleanore Bouw-Spies
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
22 May 2019 – 23 February 2023
Member of the Mayoral Committee of Tshwane for Corporate and Shared Services
In office
August 2016 – May 2019
MayorSolly Msimanga
Personal details
Born (1987-06-12) 12 June 1987 (age 37)
NationalitySouth African
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
Residence(s)Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Alma materUniversity of Pretoria (LLB)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • legislator
ProfessionLawyer

Cilliers Brink (born 12 June 1987) is a South African politician who was Mayor of Tshwane from 28 March 2023 until 26 September 2024. A member of the Democratic Alliance, he was the party's Shadow Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2020 until 2023 and a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2019 to 2023. He was the party's Shadow Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs between 2019 and 2020.

Brink was elected a DA councillor in Tshwane in 2011 and served as a member of the mayoral committee (MMC) between 2016 and 2019.

  1. ^ "Changes to DA Shadow Cabinet".