Dion George

Dion George
George in 2024
Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
Assumed office
3 July 2024[1]
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
Preceded byBarbara Creecy
Member of Parliament
for Sandton North and Midrand, Gauteng
In office
2008–2015
Member of Parliament
for Beaufort-West, Western Cape
In office
2018–2019
Member of Parliament
for Knysna, Western Cape
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
BornDurban
NationalitySouth African
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
Alma mater

Dion George is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries since July 2024.[1] He is a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance (DA)[2] He is the Federal Finance Chair[3] of the DA, and is a member of the Party’s Federal Council, Federal Executive and National Management Committee. He also serves as a member–elected Trustee and Chair of the Investment Sub–Committee of the Political Office Bearers Pension Fund.

Elected to the Johannesburg City Council in March 2006, he subsequently took his seat in the National Assembly in January 2008. He was re-elected in 2009 and 2014. He resigned from parliament in May 2015 and returned in November 2018, where he served as a permanent delegate from the Western Cape in the National Council of Provinces. He was re-elected to the National Assembly in May 2019.

  1. ^ a b "Historic day for SA as government of national unity ministers take oath of office". Daily Maverick. 3 July 2024. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ "National List MPs" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Dion George". Democratic Alliance. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.