Athol Trollip
Roland Athol Price Trollip (born 12 March 1964) is a South African politician and provincial chairman of ActionSA in the Eastern Cape. He was previously a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA), serving as the Federal Chairperson of the DA from 2015 to 2019 and the Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, serving from 2016 until he was unseated in a vote of no confidence in 2018.
The Honourable Athol Trollip | |
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| Provincial Chairman of ActionSA in Eastern Cape | |
| Assumed office 9 February 2022 | |
| Leader | Herman Mashaba |
| Federal Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance | |
| In office 10 May 2015 – 23 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Wilmot James |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Meyer (interim) |
| Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay | |
| In office 18 August 2016 – 27 August 2018 | |
| Deputy | Mongameli Bobani |
| Preceded by | Danny Jordaan |
| Succeeded by | Mongameli Bobani |
| Member of Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature | |
| In office 5 June 2013 – 18 August 2016 | |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 7 May 2009 – 27 October 2011 | |
| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Sandra Botha |
| Succeeded by | Lindiwe Mazibuko |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 6 May 2009 – 1 June 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 March 1964 Bedford, Cape Province, South Africa |
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| Other political affiliations | Progressive Federal Party (1980-1989) |
| Spouse |
Janine Handley (m. 2016) |
| Children | 2 |
Trollip has served as a member of the National Assembly and as a member of the Provincial Legislature of the Eastern Cape Province. He served as Parliamentary Leader of the opposition between 2009 and 2011. He was the provincial leader of the DA in the Eastern Cape from 2002 until he was replaced on 6 May 2017 by Nqaba Bhanga.
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