Nazley Sharif
MP
Sharif in September 2019
Shadow Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities in the Presidency
Assumed office
21 April 2023
DeputyNomsa Marchesi
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Preceded byLuyolo Mphithi
Shadow Deputy Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
In office
5 June 2019 – 21 April 2023
LeaderMmusi Maimane
John Steenhuisen
Shadow MinisterLuyolo Mphithi
Preceded byTerri Stander
Succeeded byNomsa Marchesi
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
22 May 2019
ConstituencyGauteng
Member of the Johannesburg City Council
In office
August 2014 – May 2019
Personal details
Born
Nazley Khan Sharif

(1990-05-18) 18 May 1990 (age 33)
NationalitySouth African
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand
Occupation
  • Politician
  • political commentator
  • activist

Nazley Khan Sharif (born 18 May 1990) is a South African politician serving as the Shadow Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities since April 2023, having previously served as Deputy Minister between June 2019 and April 2023. Sharif was elected to the National Assembly in the May 2019 general election. Khan is a member of the Democratic Alliance.

Education

Sharif studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, where she graduated with a BA degree and a BA Honours degree in political sciences.[1]

Political career

Sharif speaking to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Hector Pieterson Museum in Soweto, Gauteng in August 2022

While in her first year at the University of the Witwatersrand, she joined the Democratic Alliance Students' Organisation (DASO) on campus. She has been the deputy chairperson for Recruitment and Campaigns of DASO, the chair of the DA Youth in the party's Johannesburg South constituency, the chair of the DA Gauteng South Regional Youth Organisation, and the chairperson of the DASO branch at Wits University.[2]

She was elected as a DA councillor in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in 2014. Khan was elected to a full term in 2016.[3] She was then elected chairperson of the municipality's Section 79 Gender, Youth, and People with Disabilities committee.[1]

Khan was elected to the National Assembly in the May 2019 general election.[4] On 5 June 2019, she was appointed Shadow Deputy Minister of Women, Youth and Disabilities in the Presidency.[5] She became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and People with Disabilities on 27 June 2019.[6]

On 5 December 2020, it was announced that Khan would remain as Shadow Deputy Minister of Women, Youth and Disabilities in the Presidency in the shadow cabinet led by John Steenhuisen.[7]

Sharif was promoted to Shadow Minister of Women, Youth and Disabilities in the Presidency by Steenhuisen on 21 April 2023.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ms Nazley Khan Sharif". Parliament of South Africa. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Nazley Khan Sharif". People's Assembly. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Ms Nazley Khan Sharif (DA)". People's Assembly. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. ^ "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  5. ^ Gerber, Jan (5 June 2019). "Here's the DA's 'shadow cabinet'". News24. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  6. ^ "announcements, tablings and committee reports - APRAV" (PDF). APRAV. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  7. ^ "DA announces new Shadow Cabinet that will bring Real Hope and Real Change". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  8. ^ Ditabo, Malaika. "Another demotion for Mazzone as she moves from state security role back to communications". News24. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

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