Ivan Meyer

Ivan Meyer
Federal Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance
Assumed office
1 November 2020
Interim: 17 November 2019 – 1 November 2020
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Preceded byAthol Trollip
Western Cape Provincial Minister of Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism
Assumed office
23 May 2019
PremierAlan Winde
Preceded byPosition established
Western Cape Provincial Minister of Finance
In office
26 May 2014 – 22 May 2019
PremierHelen Zille
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Deputy Federal Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance
In office
10 May 2015 – 17 November 2019
LeaderMmusi Maimane
ChairpersonAthol Trollip
In office
24 July 2010 – 13 October 2012
LeaderHelen Zille
ChairpersonWilmot James
Western Cape Provincial Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport
In office
22 September 2010 – 26 May 2014
PremierHelen Zille
Preceded bySakkie Jenner
Succeeded byNomafrench Mbombo
Western Cape Provincial Minister of Social Development
In office
7 May 2009 – 22 September 2010
PremierHelen Zille
Preceded byZodwa Magwaza
Succeeded byPatricia de Lille
Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance
in the Western Cape
In office
13 October 2012 – 18 April 2015
Preceded byTheuns Botha
Succeeded byPatricia de Lille
Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Assumed office
6 May 2009
Personal details
Born (1962-03-28) 28 March 1962 (age 62)
NationalitySouth African
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
Alma materUniversity of Stellenbosch (Ph.D.)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • legislator
  • educator
  • poet
  • activist

Ivan Henry Meyer (born 28 March 1962) is a South African politician who has been serving as the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism since 2019. He has held multiple positions in the provincial cabinet. Meyer was elected to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in 2009. He has also been the Federal Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance (DA) since November 2020, a position he previously held in an acting capacity from November 2019 to November 2020. Meyer had served as the First Deputy Federal Chairperson of the DA from 2010 to 2012, and again from 2015 to 2019. He was also the provincial leader of the party in the Western Cape from 2012 to 2015.[1]

  1. ^ Ivan Meyer, Democratic Alliance. Retrieved on 25 January 2019.