Andrew Whitfield (politician)

The Honourable Andrew Whitfield MP
Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 June 2024 Serving with Zuko Godlimpi
President	Cyril Ramaphosa
Minister	Parks Tau
Preceded by	Fikile Majola Nomalungelo Gina
Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 February 2023
Deputies	Mlindi Nhanha Vicky Knoetze
Preceded by	Nqaba Bhanga
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2019
In office 21 May 2014 – 6 August 2016
Former offices 2017–2024 Shadow Minister of Police In office 5 June 2019 – 28 May 2024 Deputy Okkie Terblanche Leader John Steenhuisen Mmusi Maimane Preceded by Zakhele Mbhele Provincial Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape In office 6 May 2017 – 25 February 2023 Preceded by Veliswa Mvenya Succeeded by Yusuf Cassim Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature In office 28 June 2018 – 7 May 2019
Personal details
Born	Andrew Grant Whitfield 24 November 1982 (1982-11-24) (age 41)
Nationality	South African
Political party	Democratic Alliance

Andrew Grant Whitfield (born 24 November 1982) is a South African politician who is currently serving as Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition. He is also the provincial leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Eastern Cape.

He entered politics in as a local councillor in Nelson Mandela Bay between 2011 and 2014. He went on to represent the DA as a Member of the National Assembly from 2014 to 2016, as a Member of the Mayoral Committee in Nelson Mandela Bay from 2016 to 2018, and as a Member of the Provincial Legislature from 2018 to 2019. He returned to the National Assembly in the 2019 general election and was Shadow Minister of Police until he was appointed to his deputy ministerial post in June 2024.

Whitfield was elected as the DA's provincial leader in February 2023. Before that, he served two terms as the party's provincial chairman between 2017 and 2023.