Tammy Breedt | |
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Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature | |
In office 7 December 2017 – 7 May 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Johannesburg, South Africa | 29 March 1986
Political party | Freedom Front Plus |
Occupation | Politician |
Tamarin "Tammy" Breedt (born 29 March 1986) is a South African politician who is the national youth leader of the Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus). She has been serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since May 2019. She was previously a Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature. Breedt was married to fellow FF Plus MP Wouter Wessels.
Breedt was born on 29 March 1986 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She studied at the University of the Free State. She was a member of the university's student council and also served as the speaker of the Student Parliament. [1]
Breedt was soon employed as the FF Plus' liaison at the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality. She currently serves as the national youth leader of the FF Plus and is a member of the party's federal council, the federal committee and the Free State executive committee. [1]
Following her husband's deployment to the National Assembly in December 2017, she filled his position in the Free State Provincial Legislature. [1]
In May 2019, she was elected to the National Assembly. She took office on 22 May 2019. [2] She and Heloïse Denner are the first women to represent the FF Plus in Parliament. [3] She serves on the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development. [4]
She married Wouter Wessels in 2015. In 2018, they were the victims of a home burglary. [5]