Alan Fuchs | |
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Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature | |
Assumed office 21 May 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Alan Joseph Fuchs 9 June 1956 |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Profession | Consultant, politician |
Alan Joseph Fuchs (born 9 June 1956) is a South African politician and a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature for the Democratic Alliance. He is currently the DA's Shadow MEC for Infrastructure Development.
Fuchs worked as a consultant and project manager in the IT industry for many years. [1]
A member of the Democratic Alliance, Fuchs served as a Johannesburg city councillor for 18 years, 10 years as a ward councillor and 8 years as a proportional representation (PR) councillor. In 2013, Fuchs was appointed chief whip of the DA caucus in the city.
In 2014, Fuchs was elected as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. He was then appointed as the DA's spokesperson (Shadow MEC) on Infrastructure Development by John Moodey, the DA's caucus leader. [2] During his first term in the provincial legislature, he served as an alternate member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and as a member of the Infrastructure Development Committee. [3] In 2016, he was the DA's campaign manager in the Mogale City Local Municipality for that's year municipal election. The DA briefly held the mayoral position after the election. [1]
In 2019, Fuchs was re-elected to the provincial legislature. [4] Newly elected DA caucus leader Solly Msimanga announced that Fuchs would remain as Infrastructure Development spokesperson. [5] He remained a member of the Infrastructure Development committee. He is also an alternate member of the Education Committee and a member of the Health Committee. [6] Fuchs is the DA's constituency head for Lenasia and surrounding areas. [3]