Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Albert Fritz took which position in May 2019?
Albert Fritz Albert Theo Fritz ( born 1 July 1959 ) is a South African politician and advocate who has been the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Community Safety since 2019 , previously from 2010 to 2011 , and a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament since 2010 . He is the current interim Leader of the Democratic Alliance ( DA ) in the Western Cape following the suspension and resignation of Bonginkosi Madikizela in April 2021 . He served as the deputy DA provincial leader 2017 to 2021 . Fritz previously served as the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Social Development from 2011 to 2019 . From 2009 to 2010 , he was a Member of the National Assembly and the Shadow Deputy Minister of Correctional Services . Early years and education . One of six children , Fritz was born in Woodstock , a suburb of Cape Town . He and his family later moved to District Six and were forcibly evicted in 1972 due to the Group Areas Act . They relocated to Hanover Park on the Cape Flats . He was expelled from Oaklands High School in 1976 , because of his involvement in an anti-apartheid uprising . At the University of the Western Cape , he achieved a BA Honours degree in Social Science and also an LLB . He soon enrolled for a masters degree in Social Sciences from the same university . Anti-apartheid activities and early career . Fritz arranged several school boycotts during the 1970s and 1980s . He became involved in various movements such as the Hanover Park Youth Movement and the Hanover Park Civic Association . He was a member of the Cape Housing Action Committee . During the 1980s , he was appointed an organiser for the Media Workers Association of South Africa . Fritz also joined the United Democratic Front . He joined the African National Congresss Strandfontein branch in 1990 , but soon moved to the partys Milnerton branch in 1996 . He was employed by the office of the Inspecting Judge in 1999 . He was promoted to the post of Chief Judicial Inspector of Prisons in South Africa in 2002 . In 2014 , Fritz was admitted to the Western Cape High Court as an advocate . In 2008 , Fritz announced that he was leaving the African National Congress . He subsequently joined the Democratic Alliance . Political career . On 6 May 2009 , Fritz took office as a Member of the National Assembly . Shortly afterwards , the Democratic Alliance Parliamentary Leader Athol Trollip appointed Fritz to the position of Shadow Deputy Minister of Correctional Services , serving alongside James Selfe , who was reappointed as the Shadow Minister of Correctional Services . In September 2010 , Premier Helen Zille announced that Provincial Minister Lennit Max and Fritz would exchange positions . Max would become a Member of the National Assembly and Shadow Minister , while Fritz would become Provincial Minister of Community Safety and a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament . Fritz left Parliament on 10 September 2010 . Fritz took office as Provincial Minister of Community Safety on 13 September 2010 . In May 2011 , Zille appointed Fritz to the position of Provincial Minister of Social Development , succeeding Patricia de Lille . Fritz took office on 1 June 2011 . Dan Plato succeeded him as Provincial Minister of Community Safety . On 7 October 2017 , he was elected Deputy Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance , succeeding Bonginkosi Madikizela , at the partys provincial conference held at the Every Nation Church in Goodwood , Cape Town . In May 2019 , Fritz was appointed Provincial Minister of Community Safety by newly elected Premier Alan Winde . He was re-elected as deputy provincial leader in November 2020 , defeating Tertuis Simmers . On 16 April 2021 , Fritz was appointed acting DA leader in the Western Cape after Madikizela had voluntarily stepped aside as provincial leader for two weeks amid a qualifications scandal . Madikizela resigned as provincial leader on 28 April . On 21 May 2021 , Fritz was elected as interim provincial leader unopposed after DA MPP Wendy Philander withdrew her candidacy . Personal life . He is married to Dianne Veldsman . They have one son named Charlton . Fritz refers to his mother , Theodora , as his rock . On 27 November 2020 , Fritz tested positive for COVID-19 .