In office 1 June 2011 – 31 October 2018 Mayorship suspended: 8–15 May 2018
Deputy
Ian Neilson
Preceded by
Dan Plato
Succeeded by
Ian Neilson (acting) Dan Plato
Western Cape Provincial Minister of Social Development
In office 22 September 2010 – 31 May 2011
Premier
Helen Zille
Preceded by
Ivan Meyer
Succeeded by
Albert Fritz
Leader of the Independent Democrats
In office 21 June 2003 – 21 May 2014
Preceded by
Party founded
Succeeded by
Party merged into Democratic Alliance
Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
In office 22 September 2010 – 31 May 2011
Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape
In office 18 April 2015 – 1 February 2017
Deputy
Bonginkosi Madikizela
Preceded by
Ivan Meyer
Succeeded by
Bonginkosi Madikizela
Personal details
Born
Patricia Lindt
(1951-02-17) 17 February 1951 (age 73) Beaufort West, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Political party
Good (2018–present)
Other political affiliations
Democratic Alliance (2010–2018)
Independent Democrats (2003–2014)
Pan Africanist Congress (1987–2003)
Spouse
Edwin de Lille
(m. 1972; died 2021)
Relations
Sarah Paulse (sister)
Children
1
Occupation
Politician
legislator
trade unionist
anti-apartheid activist
Profession
Chemical technologist
Patricia de Lille (née Lindt; born 17 February 1951) is a South African politician who is the current Minister of Tourism and leader of the political party Good. She served as Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure from 2019 to 2023.
She was previously Mayor of Cape Town from 2011 to 2018 and before that, Western Cape Provincial Minister of Social Development from 2010 to 2011. She founded and led the Independent Democrats (ID), a political party which she formed in 2003 during a floor-crossing window, after she broke away from the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). In August 2010, the ID merged with the Democratic Alliance, South Africa's official opposition,[1] and the party was officially dissolved in 2014. From 2015 to 2017, she was Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape.
De Lille was selected as the DA's mayoral candidate in Cape Town, defeating incumbent Dan Plato, ahead of the 2011 local government elections, where she was elected mayor. She was re-elected to a second term as mayor in the 2016 local government elections.[2]
De Lille was voted 22nd in the Top 100 Great South Africans, and is noted for her role in investigations into the country's controversial Arms Deal.[3]
On 8 May 2018, the DA's Federal Executive ceased De Lille's party membership, thereby removing her as mayor of the DA governed city.[4][5] The Western Cape High Court temporarily suspended her removal.[6] On 5 August 2018, De Lille announced her intention to resign as Mayor of Cape Town. She resigned as mayor and terminated her DA party membership on 31 October 2018.
Consequently, she formed Good in December 2018, and was announced as the party's Western Cape Premier candidate in February 2019.[7][8] She was elected to Parliament in May 2019 and took office as a Member on 22 May 2019. On 29 May 2019, De Lille was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa as Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure. In March 2023, she became the Minister of Tourism.
^Adams, Nathan (1 June 2011). "De Lille receives Cape Town mayoral chain". Eyewitness News. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
^Brendan Boyle (20 May 2011). "Patricia de Lille next mayor of Cape Town". Times LIVE.
^"The 10 Greatest South Africans of all time". www.bizcommunity.com. 27 September 2004. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
^"Public reacts to #DeLille ousting". iol.com. Cape Argus. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
^"DA did not follow proper procedure when removing #DeLille, court told".
^Herman, Paul (15 May 2018). "Gloves off as DA declares De Lille's return 'ceremonial'". News24.
^"De Lille is back for 'GOOD'". Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
^De Lille is Good premier candidate in fight for Western Cape. Retrieved on 9 May 2019.
announced that he would not seek re-election. Mayor of Cape Town PatriciadeLille was elected as his successor. In January 2016, allegations of sexual...
Premier of the Western Cape. In 2011, the Democratic Alliance nominated PatriciadeLille as the party's Cape Town mayoral candidate for the 2011 local government...
City after "Day Zero". In mid-January 2018, previous Cape Town Mayor PatriciadeLille announced that the City would be forced to shut off most of the municipal...
Neilson was returned as a Proportional List Councillor. The new Mayor, PatriciadeLille, nominated him to retain the posts of Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee...
Democratic Alliance's victory in the 2006 Cape Town municipal elections. PatriciadeLille, who became mayor of Cape Town in 2011 on the platform of the now-defunct...
political party, formed by former Pan Africanist Congress member PatriciadeLille in 2003 via floor crossing legislation. The party's platform was premised...
2014 as a member of the Independent Democrats. She is a sister of PatriciadeLille, the current leader of Good and the former leader of the Independent...
Bonga. "PatriciadeLille names her new party 'Good'". ewn.co.za. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018. "DeLille launches...
succeeded by Nelson Mandela PatriciadeLille (born 1951); founder, in 2003, of Independent Democrats Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet (1873–1960); Governor-General...
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president Clarence Makwetu, whom Mogoba had ousted. In addition, PAC MP PatriciadeLille claimed in a parliamentary debate that the ANC was aware that several...
party holding a majority. The new Independent Democrats (ID) led by PatriciadeLille was in third place. The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)...
of the New National Party (NNP), possibly losing some support to PatriciadeLille's new Independent Democrats. The NNP, a descendant of the ruling party...
Development Minister PatriciadeLille was elected Mayor of Cape Town; in a minor reshuffle on 29 May, Zille announced that deLille would be replaced by...
British dominion in 1910. Mahlati, Zintle (29 May 2019). "#CabinetAnnouncement: PatriciadeLille lands Cabinet post". IOL. Retrieved 30 May 2019. v t e...
Pollsmoor Prison. He first met PatriciadeLille when she was on an official parliamentary oversight visit to the prison. When DeLille formed the Independent...
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DeLille and Another v Speaker of the National Assembly, an important case in South African constitutional law, was heard in the Cape Provincial Division...
Cyril Ramaphosa Preceded by Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane Succeeded by PatriciadeLille Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation In office 30 May...
process. Then, in 1999, the Chief Whip of the Pan Africanist Congress, PatriciaDeLille, addressed Parliament with allegations of corruption during the Arms...
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