Wynand Boshoff | |
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| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wynand Johannes Boshoff[1] 26 May 1970 Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa |
| Political party | Freedom Front Plus (2011–present) |
| Spouse | Esme Maritz |
| Relations | Hendrik Verwoerd (grandfather) |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) | Carel Boshoff (father) Anna Verwoerd (mother) |
| Alma mater | University of the Free State University of Pretoria |
Wynand Johannes Boshoff (born 26 May 1970) is a South African academic and politician from the Northern Cape serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) since 2019. He has been serving as the Provincial Leader of the FF+ since 2015. He previously served as a municipal councillor of the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality from 2016 to 2019. Boshoff is the grandson of the assassinated apartheid-era Prime Minister of South Africa, Hendrik Verwoerd, who served from 1958 until 1966, and the son of Afrikaner enclave Orania founder, Carel Boshoff.[2][3]
- ^ Verwoerd’s grandson heading to Parliament, dfa, 15 May 2019. Retrieved on 8 September 2019. "Dr Wynand Johannes Boshoff, the grandson of Verwoerd..."
- ^ "Don't judge Hendrik Verwoerd's grandson on family connections". Eyewitness News. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ Verwoerd's grandson: judge me on my ideals, not my grandfather's, TimesLIVE, 16 May 2019. Retrieved on 8 September 2019.
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