Peter de Villiers | |||||||||||||
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 De Villiers in 2011 | |||||||||||||
| Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament | |||||||||||||
| In office 23 May 2023 – 24 March 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Member of the Drakenstein Municipal Council | |||||||||||||
| In office January 2023 – May 2023 | |||||||||||||
| In office November 2021 – June 2022 | |||||||||||||
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| Born | 3 June 1957 Paarl, South Africa | ||||||||||||
| Political party | Good | ||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Theresa de Villiers (died; 2022) | ||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (11 st 0 lb; 154 lb) | ||||||||||||
| School | Noorder Paarl High | ||||||||||||
| University | Perseverance College, Hewitt College | ||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||
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Peter de Villiers (born 3 June 1957) is a South African professional rugby union coach and former Good Party politician. He was coach of the South Africa national rugby union team from 2008 to 2011, after successes with the South African U19 and U21 squads, and the first-ever non-white to be appointed to the position.[1]
He enjoyed mixed successes. He initially managed South Africa to success, winning the 2009 Tri Nations, a 2009 test series win over the British & Irish Lions and a first victory over New Zealand in Dunedin in 2009. However he also became known for his controversial off-field comments. South Africa finished bottom in the 2010 and 2011 Tri Nations, and following a quarter final defeat to Australia in the 2011 Rugby World Cup did not renew his contract.
On 12 September 2021, De Villiers was announced as the Good Party's mayoral candidate for the Drakenstein Local Municipality ahead of the municipal elections scheduled for 1 November. The party won four seats in council and De Villiers took up one of the seats. He resigned from council in June 2022, only to return to council in January 2023 again. He was sworn in as a Good Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in May 2023. In March 2024, Good announced his expulsion from the party and subsequent loss of membership in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. He was replaced by Susan Little.