Francois Beukman

Francois Beukman
Beukman in 2019
Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police
In office
24 June 2014 – 7 May 2019
Preceded byAnnelize van Wyk
Succeeded byTina Joemat-Pettersson
Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts
In office
5 March 2002 – 30 September 2005
Preceded byGavin Woods
Succeeded byThemba Godi
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
21 May 2014 – 7 May 2019
In office
1999–2009
Personal details
Born1965 or 1966 (age 58–59)
NationalitySouth African
Political partyAfrican National Congress (2005–present)
Other political
affiliations
New National Party (Until 2005)
EducationPaarl Boys' High School
Alma materUniversity of Stellenbosch (MA)
University of South Africa (B.Proc, LLB)
ProfessionAttorney

Francois Beukman is a South African attorney and former politician who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 1999 to 2009 and again from 2014 to 2019.

He was first elected to Parliament as a member of the now-defunct New National Party in 1999 and served as the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts from 2001 to 2004. Beukman joined the African National Congress in 2005 when the NNP merged into it. After leaving parliament in 2009, he served as executive director of the Independent Complaints Directorate from 2009 until 2012. Beukman was elected back to the National Assembly in 2014 and was appointed to chair the Portfolio Committee on Police. He left Parliament in 2019.