Geoffrey Quinton Michael Doidge (26 April 1954 – 11 December 2022) was a South African politician and was South Africa's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. He previously served as the country's

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from 5 September 2008 to 31 October 2010.

Career in politics

Doidge was Deputy Chief Whip of the

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(ANC). In January 2001, he was appointed by the ANC in the place of

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, as chair of its study group on public accounts and ANC's official spokesman on the

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's public accounts committee.

References

1954 births 2022 deaths Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 1994–1999 Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 1999–2004 Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2004–2009 Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2009–2014 African National Congress politicians Government ministers of South Africa High commissioners of South Africa to Sri Lanka {{KwaZuluNatal-politician-stub