page_title: Dan Plato
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: Dan Plato / Political career
caption_attribution_description: English: DA Leader and Western Cape Premier Helen Zille, along with Cape Town mayor Dan Plato, Cape Town deputy mayor Ian Neilson and other government and FIFA officials at the handover of the Cape Town Stadium
context_page_description: Daniel Plato, known as Dan Plato, is a South African politician and current Mayor of Cape Town since 6 November 2018. He previously held the position from May 2009 until June 2011. He served as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Community Safety from 2011 to 2018.
  Born in Cape Town, Plato was involved in political activities during his high school career. He was a community organiser and played a crucial role in mobilising residents against the Apartheid government. He was elected a ward councillor in 1996. He was elected Mayor of Cape Town in May 2009. He succeeded Helen Zille, who was elected Premier of the Western Cape.
  In 2011, the Democratic Alliance nominated Patricia de Lille to be the party's Cape Town mayoral candidate ahead of the 2011 local government elections. Plato left office on 1 June 2011. He subsequently took office as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. Premier Helen Zille reshuffled her Provincial Cabinet and appointed Plato to the position of Provincial Minister of Community Safety, succeeding Albert Fritz.
caption: Plato at the handover of the Cape Town Stadium.
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