Pierre Rabie
Member of the National Assembly
In office
June 1999 – 6 May 2014
ConstituencyWestern Cape
Personal details
Born (1949-03-22) 22 March 1949
Worcester, Cape Province
Union of South Africa
Political partyDemocratic Alliance (since March 2003)
Other political
affiliations		New National Party (until March 2003)
Alma materStellenbosch University (PhD)

Pierre Jacques Rabie (born 22 March 1949) is a retired South African politician and former academic from the Western Cape. He served in the National Assembly for three terms from 1999 to 2014, representing the Western Cape constituency. He was a member of the New National Party (NNP) until the March 2003 floor-crossing window, when he joined the Democratic Alliance (DA).

Early life and career

Rabie was born on 22 March 1949[1] in Worcester in the former Cape Province.[2] He completed a master's degree in anthropology and a doctorate in philosophy at Stellenbosch University, where he joined the anthropology faculty. He later became a senior lecturer at the University of the Western Cape[2] and owned a farm in the region.[3]

Legislative career

In the 1999 general election, Rabie was elected to represent the NNP in the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament.[1] The following year, the NNP joined the DA – a multi-party coalition rather than a parliamentary political party – and Rabie was appointed treasurer of the DA caucus.[2] However, the NNP's participation in the coalition was ultimately short-lived. Rabie was serving as finance spokesperson for the NNP in March 2003 when he announced that he would join Sheila Camerer and several others in resigning from the NNP to cross the floor to the DA.[3] He served the rest of the legislative term under the DA banner and served as the DA's spokesperson on finance.[4]

In the 2004 general election, he was re-elected to his seat, ranked first on the Western Cape regional party list for the DA.[5] He was appointed as DA spokesperson on trade and industry in 2005.[2][6] He was re-elected to the assembly in 2009During his third and final term in the assembly, he served variously as the party's deputy spokesperson on economic development, appropriations, and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.[2] He left Parliament after the 2014 general election.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Pierre Jacques Rabie". People's Assembly. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  3. 1 2 Pressly, Donwald (24 March 2003). "Camerer leaves NNP for DA". News24. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "DA: Ramos shoes hard to fill". News24. 4 September 2003. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "DA calls for plan to attract investment". The Mail & Guardian. 22 October 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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