Gareth Morgan (South African politician)

Gareth Morgan
Shadow Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs
In office
2007–2013
LeaderHelen Zille
Preceded byRafeek Shah
Shadow Minister of Health
In office
2006–2007
LeaderTony Leon and Helen Zille
Preceded byDianne Kohler Barnard
Shadow Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
In office
2005–2006
LeaderTony Leon
Preceded byMike Ellis
Counsellor to the Leader of the Opposition
In office
2004–2005
LeaderTony Leon
Member of Parliament
for West Durban, KwaZulu-Natal in the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
14 May 2004 – 5 February 2013
Personal details
Born (1977-03-22) 22 March 1977 (age 47)
Cape Town
NationalitySouth African
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
ResidenceCape Town
Alma materUniversity of Natal and Oxford University

Gareth Morgan (born 22 March 1977) is a South African politician and a former member of parliament with the opposition Democratic Alliance. He is a former Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, and previously worked as South Africa's Shadow Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs.[1] He was South Africa's first carbon neutral Member of Parliament.[2] He resigned from office in January 2013 to pursue a career in consulting.,[3] before joining the City of Cape Town as Principal Trade and Investment Officer in June 2015.

  1. ^ "Gareth Morgan MP". Archived from the original on 30 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Meet Gareth Morgan". Archived from the original on 2 July 2020.
  3. ^ "DA's Morgan takes a break from politics".