Tertius Delport
Tertius Delport | |
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| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| In office 1999–2009 | |
| Member of the Executive Council of the Eastern Cape for Agriculture and Transport | |
| In office 1994–1997 | |
| Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature | |
| In office 1994–1998 | |
| Minister of Local Government | |
| In office 1992–1994 | |
| President | F. W. de Klerk |
| Preceded by | Leon Wessels |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Deputy Minister of Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development | |
| In office 1990–1992 | |
| Member of the House of Assembly of South Africa | |
| In office 1987–1994 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tertius Jacobus Delport 16 October 1939 Humansdorp, Cape Province, South Africa |
| Died | 21 November 2023 (aged 84) Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance (from 2000) |
| Other political affiliations |
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| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | |
Jacobus Tertius Delport (16 October 1939 – 21 November 2023) was a South African academic, lawyer, and politician.
Delport was elected a member of Parliament for the National Party in 1987. In 1990, he joined the government as Deputy Minister of Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development before he was appointed Minister of Local Government in 1992. Delport was the government's chief spokesperson during the CODESA. In the 1994 elections, he was elected to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature where he was afterwards appointed to serve as the member of the Executive Council for Agriculture and Transport from 1994 through 1997. Delport defected to the Democratic Party in 1998 and was elected back to Parliament in 1999. He was a founding member of the Democratic Party's successor party, the Democratic Alliance, in 2000. Delport retired from politics in 2009.