Sérgio José Pombo Dos Santos (born 21 April 1981) is a South African politician who has served as a
Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
The Gauteng Provincial Legislature is the legislature of the South African province of Gauteng. It is a unicameral body of 73 members elected every five years. The current legislature, the sixth, was elected on 8 May 2019 and has an African N ...
since 2019, representing the
Democratic Alliance.
Early life
Dos Santos was born on 21 April 1981 in
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a Megacity#List of megacities, megacity, and is List of urban areas by p ...
.
He worked in human resources before he was elected to the city council of the
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality is a Metropolitan municipality (South Africa), metropolitan municipality that manages the local governance of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is divided into several branches and departments in or ...
.
Political career
He started his political career by working as the constituency operations manager of the
Democratic Alliance from 2009 to 2011.
Dos Santos was elected to the
City of Johannesburg
The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality that manages the local governance of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is divided into several branches and departments in order to expedite services for the city. Z ...
council for ward 54 in the
2011 municipal elections. He was later appointed by-elections manager for his constituency. Dos Santos was one of the DA's campaign managers for the
2016 municipal elections, in which the
African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election install ...
lost their majority of seats on the city council. He was also re-elected as the ward councillor for ward 54 at the election.
After that, the DA managed to form a coalition with small parties and won control of the municipality. Dos Santos was appointed chairperson of the Section 79 Oversight Committee on Governance.
For the
2019 national and provincial elections, Dos Santos stood as a candidate for the
Gauteng Provincial Legislature
The Gauteng Provincial Legislature is the legislature of the South African province of Gauteng. It is a unicameral body of 73 members elected every five years. The current legislature, the sixth, was elected on 8 May 2019 and has an African N ...
on the DA's list. As a result of the DA winning 20 seats in the provincial legislature, he was allocated a seat in the legislature and was sworn in on 22 May 2019.
Dos Santos currently serves as a member of the Petitions Committee.
Personal life
Dos Santos is married and has one child.
He is a
muslim.
See also
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Portuguese South Africans
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List of members of the 6th Gauteng Provincial Legislature
This is a list of members of the sixth Gauteng Provincial Legislature, as elected in the election of 8 May 2019 and taking into account changes in membership since the election.
Current composition
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References
External links
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Living people
South African people of Portuguese descent
1981 births
Politicians from Johannesburg
White South African people
Members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians