Annelizé van Wyk
Annelizé van Wyk | |
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| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 5 August 2009 – 6 May 2014 | |
| In office June 1999 – May 2009 | |
| Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature | |
| In office 1994–1997 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 August 1964 Pretoria, Transvaal South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress (since April 2003) |
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| Alma mater | University of Potchefstroom |
Annelizé van Wyk (born 24 August 1964) is a South African politician who served in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2014, excepting a brief hiatus in 2009. She represented the United Democratic Movement (UDM) until April 2003, when she crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC). She chaired the Portfolio Committee on Police from 2012 to 2014.
During apartheid, van Wyk was a military intelligence officer in the South African Defence Force and a supporter of the governing National Party (NP). She represented the NP in the post-apartheid Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 1994 until 1997, when she left to become a founding member of the UDM.