Jacques Smalle

Jacobus Frederik "Jacques" Smalle is a South African politician from Limpopo who has been serving as a Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since 2014, and previously from 2009 to 2010. He has also been a deputy federal chairperson of the Democratic Alliance since 2020. In 2012, he was elected Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance in the province. From 2010 to 2014, he was a Member of the National Assembly where he served as the Shadow Deputy Minister of Energy and as the Shadow Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture. Smalle was the Democratic Alliance's Limpopo Premier candidate for the 2019 election.[1][2][3]

Jacques Smalle

MPL
Deputy Federal Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance
Assumed office
1 November 2020
Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance
Assumed office
9 June 2012
Preceded byDésirée van der Walt
Shadow Deputy Minister of Energy
In office
1 February 2012 – 6 May 2014
Preceded byDavid Ross
Succeeded byGordon Mackay
Shadow Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture
In office
6 September 2010 – 1 February 2012
Preceded byDésirée van der Walt
Succeeded byEna van Schalkwyk
Member of the National Assembly
In office
10 September 2010 – 6 May 2014
ConstituencyLimpopo
Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
21 May 2014
In office
6 May 2009 – September 2010
Personal details
Born (1970-06-28) 28 June 1970
Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital, Louis Trichardt, Transvaal, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
Spouse(s)Heidi Smalle
Children2

Life and career
Portrait of Smalle

Family and personal life

Smalle was born on 28 June 1970 in the Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital in the town of Louis Trichardt. He is married to Heidi Smalle. They have two children together. Smalle and his family reside in the Soutpansberg region of Limpopo. He speaks three languages: English, Afrikaans and TshiVenda.

Political career

Smalle is a founding member of the Democratic Alliance. He was also an activist for vulnerable children in the Limpopo town of Oudtshoorn during the 1990s. In 2000, he was elected as an Oudtshoorn municipal councillor. In 2006, he was elected as a Makhado Local Municipality councillor and served in this position until his election to the Limpopo Provincial Legislature in May 2009.

In September 2010, he took office as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa. Parliamentary Leader of the Democratic Alliance Athol Trollip released a statement on 6 September 2010, in which he named Smalle as the new Shadow Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture. Smalle served in the position until newly-elected Parliamentary Leader of the Democratic Alliance Lindiwe Mazibuko appointed him to the position of Shadow Deputy Minister of Energy in February 2012.[4]

In June 2012, Smalle unseated incumbent Provincial Leader Désirée van der Walt. He was declared the winner after four candidates were eliminated. National Leader of the Democratic Alliance Helen Zille urged delegates not to vote on the basis of their race.[5]

In May 2014, Smalle returned to the Limpopo Provincial Legislature as leader of the Democratic Alliance caucus. He currently sits on the committees on Agriculture, Public Accounts, Rules and Ethics, and Education in the provincial legislature.

Smalle won re-election for a second term as Provincial Leader of the Limpopo Democratic Alliance in February 2015. In October 2017, he was re-elected for a third term as Provincial Leader.[6][7]

On 15 September 2018, National Democratic Alliance Leader Mmusi Maimane announced Smalle as the party's Limpopo Premier candidate for the 2019 election.[8]

In the 2019 election, the Democratic Alliance retained its position as the third-largest party in the provincial legislature, though the party did lose support to the Freedom Front Plus.[9]

Smalle was elected as the third deputy federal chairperson of the DA in 2020. He serves alongside Refiloe Nt'sekhe and Anton Bredell.[10]

References
  1. "Smalle is DA's new provincial leader". Zoutnet. 22 June 2012.
  2. Jacques Smalle. Democratic Alliance. Retrieved on 27 December 2018.
  3. Jacobus Frederik Smalle. People's Assembly. Retrieved on 27 December 2018.
  4. DA shadow cabinet reshuffled - Athol Trollip. Politicsweb. Retrieved on 27 December 2018.
  5. New DA leader for Limpopo elected. News24. 9 June 2012. Retrieved on 27 December 2018.
  6. Smalle re-elected as Lim DA leader. CapricornReview. 25 February 2015. Retrieved on 27 December 2018.
  7. Erasmus, Nellie. BREAKING NEWS: Jacques Smalle re-elected as DA Provincial Leader. ReviewOnline. 21 October 2017. Retrieved on 27 December 2018.
  8. Jacques Smalle is DA's premier candidate for Limpopo. Mokopane. IOL. 19 September 2018. Retrieved on 27 December 2018.
  9. DA in Limpopo admits they've lost support to FF+, eNCA. 10 May 2019. Retrieved on 11 May 2019.
  10. Mokone, Thabo (1 November 2020). "John Steenhuisen beats Mbali Ntuli to become new DA leader". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Désirée Van Der Walt		 Provincial Leader of the Limpopo Democratic Alliance
2012–present		 Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
David Ross		 Shadow Deputy Minister of Energy
2012–2014		 Succeeded by
Gordon Mackay
Preceded by
Désirée Van Der Walt		 Shadow Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture
2010–2012		 Succeeded by
Ena van Schalkwyk
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