Marthinus van Schalkwyk

Quick Facts

Full Name	Marthinus van Schalkwyk
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Nov 10, 1959(1959-11-10)
Age	65
Birthplace	Polokwane
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Limpopo
Horoscope	Scorpio

Marthinus van Schalkwyk Biography

Marthinus van Schalkwyk is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on November 10, 1959 in Polokwane, Limpopo, South Africa. Marthinus Christoffel Johannes van Schelkwyk (born October 10, 1959) is an South African politician, academic lawyer, lawyer and apartheid era intelligence agent. He was also a former Member of Parliament and Minister for Tourism of the Cabinet of South Africa. Formerly , he was the Premier of the Western Cape and Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of South Africa, his position was as head of the New National Party from its formation on September 8, 1997 until its dissolution on the 9th of April 2005. He was named the Minister for Environmental Affairs and Tourism in the Thabo Mbeki administration, following the merging of his political party into the African National Congress (ANC) in spite of the low performances of both parties party in the 2004 General Election.

In August 2004, it was made public the fact that Van Schalkwyk would become a part of the ANC as well as that the NNP would dissolve in 2005 or 2006 at end of the year. The decision was made official on April 9, 2005, the day that the federal committee of the NNP was unanimously in support of its regional committees’ recommendations to dissolve the NNP immediately after the municipal elections results were announced.

In March 2010, he was nominated by South African President Jacob Zuma to succeed Yvo de Boer as the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The vote did not go his way and on May 17, 2010 de Boer was succeeded by Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres who had been involved with the Center for Sustainable Development in the Americas since the early 1990s.

In its annual review of ministerial performance for 2013 the Mail and Guardian gave van Schalkwyk a C grade, concluding that “With inadequate political credentials, Marthinus van Schalkwyk has justified his stay in Cabinet long after the demise of his New National Party by actually doing his work. Tourism figures have improved year by year and his department has consistently tried to innovate to attract more visitors … Van Schalkwyk may not return after elections, but under him tourism has grown into a long-pants department.”

On April 29, 2004, Van Schalkwyk was appointed by President Thabo Mbeki to be Secretary of Environmental Affairs and Tourism for South Africa. The position lasted until May 2009, when a brand new Ministry of Water and Environmental Affairs was established, and he was appointed the Minister for Tourism.

Marthinus van Schalkwyk Net Worth

Marthinus van Schalkwyk is one of the richest Politician from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Marthinus van Schalkwyk 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Van Schalkwyk matriculated from Pietersburg High School in 1977. He served as a national officer with the South African Defence Force (SADF) from 1978 until

1979. He later attended at the Rand Afrikaans University where he obtained a Master of Arts Degree in Political Science and B Proc. (a junior legal degree). In his role as a prominent white student leader in the 1980s He was also the chairman and founder of “Jeugkrag” – Youth Power an organization that was believed to be hostile against those of the Afrikaner establishment, but was funded in secret by intelligence from the military. According to a secret document provided to WikiLeaks Van Schalkwyk “confirmed that he was an agent for the Intelligence Services”. In the future, he would teach Political Science at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) and the University of Stellenbosch.

Van Schalkwyk succeeded F. W. de Klerk as the leader of the National Party in 1996, and then reorganized it on September 8, 1997, to become”the New National Party in a attempt to disengage the NNP from its past as an apartheid state. He was the NNP’s leader until the party’s dissolution on April 9, 2005. He was also the Premier of the Western Cape and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament in South Africa.

Van Schalkwyk became President of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) in June 2008, when South Africa assumed the presidency of AMCEN at the beginning of its 12th Session.

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Marthinus Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Marthinus van Schalkwyk celebrates birthday on November 10 of every year.