Annelie Lotriet

Annelie Lotriet
Lotriet in 2011
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
14 June 2024
SpeakerThoko Didiza
Preceded byLechesa Tsenoli
Deputy Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Federal Council
Assumed office
2 April 2023
Serving with Ashor Sarupen and Thomas Walters
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
ChairpersonHelen Zille
Preceded byJames Masango
Deputy Chief Whip of the Official Opposition
In office
18 August 2022 – 28 May 2024
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Chief WhipSiviwe Gwarube
Preceded bySiviwe Gwarube
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
6 May 2009
Shadow Ministries
2009–2019
Shadow Minister of Science and Technology
In office
5 June 2014 – 5 June 2019
DeputyChantel King
LeaderMmusi Maimane
Preceded byJunita Kloppers-Lourens
Succeeded byBelinda Bozzoli
Shadow Minister of Higher Education and Training
In office
1 February 2012 – 5 June 2014
DeputyLourie Bosman
LeaderLindiwe Mazibuko
Preceded byWilmot James
Succeeded byBelinda Bozzoli
Shadow Minister of Arts and Culture
In office
14 May 2009 – 1 February 2012
DeputyDésirée van der Walt
LeaderAthol Trollip
Preceded byDésirée van der Walt
Succeeded byNiekie van den Berg
Personal details
Born (1960-06-08) 8 June 1960 (age 64)
Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Political partyDemocratic Alliance (since 1999)
SpousePieter Lotriet
Alma materRand Afrikaans University
University of South Africa

Annelie Lotriet (born 8 June 1960) is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa since June 2024.[1] She has served in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet since she joined the National Assembly in 2009. She is also a Deputy Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance (DA) Federal Council.

Born in Johannesburg, Lotriet spent the first two decades of her career as an academic in the Free State, teaching at Vista University and then at the University of the Free State. After one term as a local councillor in Mangaung, she entered politics full-time at the 2009 general election. She went on to serve as Shadow Minister of Arts and Culture from 2009 to 2012, Shadow Minister of Higher Education and Training from 2012 to 2014, Shadow Minister of Science and Technology from 2014 to 2019, and DA Caucus Chairperson from 2019 to 2022. Most recently, she was Opposition Deputy Chief Whip from August 2022 to June 2024.

In parallel with her parliamentary activities, Lotriet was DA Provincial Chairperson in the Free State between September 2012 and November 2020. After unsuccessful campaigns for higher leadership in 2018 and 2020, she was elected to deputise Helen Zille as Deputy Chairperson of the DA Federal Council in April 2023.

  1. ^ Zeeman, Kyle (14 June 2024). "JUST IN: DA's Annelie Lotriet elected Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly". The Citizen. Retrieved 14 June 2024.