Ashor Sarupen | |
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| Deputy Minister of Finance | |
| Assumed office 30 June 2024 Serving with David Masondo | |
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Minister | Enoch Godongwana |
| Preceded by | David 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) | |
| Leader | John Steenhuisen |
| Chairperson | Helen Zille |
| Preceded by | Thomas Walters Natasha Mazzone James Masango |
| Parliamentary Counsellor to the Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Federal Council | |
| In office 1 February 2020 – 27 November 2020 | |
| Chairperson | Helen Zille |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Chief of Staff to the Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Federal Council | |
| In office 22 October 2019 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Elsabe Oosthuysen |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas 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 1 July 1988 Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance (2007–present) |
| Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand;University of Pretoria |
| Occupation | Member of Parliament |
| Profession | Politician |
| Committees | Standing 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]
- ^ "Former resident sworn in at Parliament". Greytown Gazette - News24. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.