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Gareth Morgan (South African politician)

Gareth Morgan
MP
Gareth Morgan DA MP.jpg
Shadow Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs
In office
2007–2013
Leader Helen Zille
Preceded by Rafeek Shah
Shadow Minister of Health
In office
2006–2007
Leader Tony Leon and Helen Zille
Preceded by Dianne Kohler Barnard
Shadow Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
In office
2005–2006
Leader Tony Leon
Preceded by Mike Ellis
Counsellor to the Leader of the Opposition
In office
2004–2005
Leader Tony Leon
Member of Parliament
for West Durban, KwaZulu-Natal in the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
14 May 2004 – 5 February 2013
Personal details
Born (1977-03-22) 22 March 1977 (age 40)
Cape Town
Nationality South African
Political party Democratic Alliance
Residence Cape Town
Alma mater University of Natal and Oxford University

Gareth Morgan (born 22 March 1977) is a South African politician and a former member of parliament with the opposition Democratic Alliance. He is a former Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, and previously worked as South Africa's Shadow Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs. He was South Africa's first carbon neutral Member of Parliament. He resigned from office in January 2013 to pursue a career in consulting., before joining the City of Cape Town as Principal Trade and Investment Officer in June 2015.

Morgan matriculated from Westville Boys' High School in 1994 and completed a B.Com and political science honours degree at the University of Natal. He joined the Democratic Alliance's predecessor, the Democratic Party, in 1995—as a student activist. In 1999 he became the party's media officer in KwaZulu-Natal. After a brief stint as a high school teacher, Morgan read for a PPE degree and an M.Sc in Environmental Change and Management at Oxford—on a Rhodes Scholarship.

Upon his return to South Africa, Morgan was elected to the National Assembly on the DA's KwaZulu-Natal list. He was initially appointed Parliamentary Counsellor to the Leader of the Opposition—a position he occupied for 14 months. He subsequently was appointed spokesperson on Environmental Affairs. In July 2006 he became health spokesperson, before returning to the Environmental Affairs portfolio. Ahead of the 2009 General Elections he appeared second on the party's KwaZulu-Natal list and was re-elected. He served as Shadow Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs from 2009 to January 2013 and was a whip of the National Assembly from June 2011 until his resignation.


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