Dawid Rooi | |
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Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature | |
In office 1999 – 3 October 2017 | |
Member of the Northern Cape Executive Council for Infrastructure and Public Works | |
In office 30 May 2014 – February 2016 | |
Premier | Sylvia Lucas |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Mxolisi Sokatsha |
Member of the Northern Cape Executive Council for Roads and Public Works | |
In office 11 May 2009 – 30 May 2014 | |
Premier |
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Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Klipfontein, Namakwa Cape Province, South Africa | 22 July 1965
Political party | African National Congress |
Other political affiliations | National Union of Mineworkers |
Dawid Rooi (born 22 July 1965) is a South African politician and former trade unionist who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature from 1999 to 2017. During that time, he served continuously in the Northern Cape Executive Council from 2009 to 2016: he was the Northern Cape's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Roads and Public Works from 2009 to 2014 and MEC for Infrastructure and Public Works from 2014 to 2016. A former mineworker, Rooi rose to political prominence through the National Union of Mineworkers.