Western Cape Provincial Minister of Community Safety
In office 1 June 2011 – 31 October 2018
Premier
Helen Zille
Preceded by
Albert Fritz
Succeeded by
Alan Winde
Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
In office 18 January 2022 – 13 February 2024
Preceded by
Bonginkosi Madikizela
In office 1 June 2011 – 31 October 2018
Constituency
City of Cape Town
Personal details
Born
Daniel Plato (1960-10-05) 5 October 1960 (age 63) Cape Town, South Africa
Political party
People's Movement for Change (2024–present)
Other political affiliations
Democratic Alliance (2002–2024) National Party (1990–1997) New National Party (1998–2002)
Occupation
Politician
Daniel Plato (born 5 October 1960), known as Dan Plato, is a South African politician and a former Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. He served from June 2011 until October 2018 and again from January 2022 until February 2024. He is the former mayor of Cape Town, a position he held for two nonconsecutive terms from May 2009 until June 2011 and again from November 2018 until October 2021. From June 2011 to October 2018, he was the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Community Safety.
Born in Cape Town, Plato was involved in political activities during his high school career. He was a community organiser and played a crucial role in mobilising residents against the Apartheid government. He was elected as a ward councillor in 1996. Plato was elected Mayor of Cape Town in May 2009, succeeding Helen Zille, who was elected Premier of the Western Cape.
In 2011, the Democratic Alliance nominated Patricia de Lille as the party's Cape Town mayoral candidate for the 2011 local government elections. Plato left office on 1 June 2011 and subsequently took office as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and took up the position of Provincial Minister of Community Safety, succeeding Albert Fritz.
In August 2018, he declared his candidacy to succeed De Lille as Mayor of Cape Town. The Democratic Alliance named him as the party's preferred candidate in September 2018. Plato resigned as both Provincial Minister of Community Safety and Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in late-October 2018. He was sworn in as a councillor on 1 November 2018 and was elected Mayor on 6 November. In August 2021, the DA nominated party spokesperson on finance and Member of Parliament, Geordin Hill-Lewis, as their mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town for the municipal elections on 1 November 2021. The DA retained their majority on the Cape Town city council. In December 2021, the DA announced that Plato would be returning to the Provincial Parliament in early 2022. He was sworn in as an MPP on 18 January 2022. He resigned from the DA and joined Marius Fransman's People's Movement for Change in February 2024.[1]
^Ludidi, Velani (13 February 2024). "Dan Plato ditches DA over policies and Palestine, joins Marius Fransman's People's Movement for Change". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
Daniel Plato (born 5 October 1960), known as DanPlato, is a South African politician and a former Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. He...
selected as the DA's mayoral candidate in Cape Town, defeating incumbent DanPlato, ahead of the 2011 local government elections, where she was elected mayor...
Provincial Community Safety Department as incumbent Provincial Minister DanPlato had announced his intention to resign. Winde was succeeded by Beverley...
Town on two brief occasions in 2018, in May and from 31 October until DanPlato was sworn in on 6 November. Neilson was born in Boksburg, South Africa...
province's vote. Zille was installed as Premier, and replaced as mayor by DanPlato. Nationally, the DA gained significant ground as official opposition,...
Premier of the Western Cape Gerald Morkel, former mayor of Cape Town DanPlato, Western Cape Community Safety Minister. Dulcie September, political activist...
member of the Democratic Alliance. She was succeeded by her predecessor, DanPlato. She subsequently founded a new political party named Good in December...
same year to take up the position of premier of the Western Cape, and DanPlato became mayor. In 2010, the DA and ID formalized an agreement in which...
Fritz, who in turn would be replaced in the Community Safety portfolio by DanPlato. After her re-election in the 2014 general election, Zille announced her...
Community Safety, DanPlato, of the Democratic Alliance won the election as the party holds a two-thirds majority in the city council. DanPlato, Provincial...
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representatives from around the world, Cape Town Executive Mayor Alderman DanPlato, received the keys to the stadium officially confirming the opening of...
support in the city. In April 2021, the DA announced that current mayor DanPlato, Western Cape provincial leader Bonginkosi Madikizela, and shadow finance...
her position included DA Leader Mmusi Maimane, former Cape Town Mayor DanPlato, Gauteng Provincial Legislature Member Heinrich Volmink, Deputy Mayor...
Tourism on 20 June 2014. On 6 November 2018, DanPlato was elected Mayor of Cape Town. On 11 November, Plato appointed Vos Member of the Mayoral Committee...
Development, succeeding Patricia de Lille. Fritz took office on 1 June 2011. DanPlato succeeded him as the Provincial Minister of Community Safety. On 7 October...
of Cape Town In office 31 October 2007 – 27 May 2009 Mayor Helen Zille DanPlato Preceded by Charlotte Williams Succeeded by Ian Neilson Mayor of Cape...
Timothy Jason Plato (born 14 October 1967) is a British racing driver who last competed in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) for BTC Racing...
the city. She subsequently lost to DanPlato, when the Democratic Alliance announced in September 2018 that Plato is their preferred candidate to be mayor...
Provincial Parliament. He filled the vacancy created by the resignation of DanPlato. He was elected to a full term as a Member of the Provincial Parliament...
Premier Helen Zille and Mayor DanPlato have come under fire from residents on many occasions. On 18 November 2009 DanPlato was visibly harassed by residents...
Congress mayoral candidate in 2016 and 2018, losing to Patricia de Lille and DanPlato respectively. Born in Cape Town, Sotashe is one of seven children. His...
that arose in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament when former DA MPP DanPlato resigned to join the People's Movement for Change. Poole was sworn in...
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