Peter Teixeira is a South African Democratic Alliance politician who is the Executive Mayor of the

Midvaal Local Municipality Midvaal Municipality (; ; ) is a local municipality within the Sedibeng District Municipality, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The municipality's name references its geographical location in-between the Johannesburg and East Rand areas a ...

Early life

Teixeira grew up in Meyerton.

Career

Teixeira joined the Democratic Alliance in 2014. During his time as a ward councillor, he served in three mayoral committee (MMC) posts and became the DA's constituency leader in Midvaal. After then Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi announced he would be stepping down at the next election, in September 2021 Teixeira was selected to replace him as the DA's candidate in the November municipal elections. Teixeira won with an increased majority. He was elected mayor on 15 November 2021.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Teixeira, Peter Living people Coloureds Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians Mayors of places in South Africa People from Midvaal Local Municipality Year of birth missing (living people)