Annelie Lotriet

The Honourable Annelie Lotriet MP
Lotriet in 2011
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 June 2024
Speaker	Thoko Didiza
Preceded by	Lechesa Tsenoli
Deputy Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Federal Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 April 2023 Serving with Ashor Sarupen and Thomas Walters
Leader	John Steenhuisen
Chairperson	Helen Zille
Preceded by	James Masango
Deputy Chief Whip of the Official Opposition
In office 18 August 2022 – 28 May 2024
Leader	John Steenhuisen
Chief Whip	Siviwe Gwarube
Preceded by	Siviwe Gwarube
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2009
Shadow Ministries 2009–2019 Shadow Minister of Science and Technology In office 5 June 2014 – 5 June 2019 Deputy Chantel King Leader Mmusi Maimane Preceded by Junita Kloppers-Lourens Succeeded by Belinda Bozzoli Shadow Minister of Higher Education and Training In office 1 February 2012 – 5 June 2014 Deputy Lourie Bosman Leader Lindiwe Mazibuko Preceded by Wilmot James Succeeded by Belinda Bozzoli Shadow Minister of Arts and Culture In office 14 May 2009 – 1 February 2012 Deputy Désirée van der Walt Leader Athol Trollip Preceded by Désirée van der Walt Succeeded by Niekie van den Berg
Personal details
Born	(1960-06-08) 8 June 1960 (age 64) Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Political party	Democratic Alliance (since 1999)
Spouse	Pieter Lotriet
Alma mater	Rand Afrikaans University University of South Africa

Annelie Lotriet (born 8 June 1960) is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa since June 2024.^[1] She has served in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet since she joined the National Assembly in 2009. She is also a Deputy Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance (DA) Federal Council.

Born in Johannesburg, Lotriet spent the first two decades of her career as an academic in the Free State, teaching at Vista University and then at the University of the Free State. After one term as a local councillor in Mangaung, she entered politics full-time at the 2009 general election. She went on to serve as Shadow Minister of Arts and Culture from 2009 to 2012, Shadow Minister of Higher Education and Training from 2012 to 2014, Shadow Minister of Science and Technology from 2014 to 2019, and DA Caucus Chairperson from 2019 to 2022. Most recently, she was Opposition Deputy Chief Whip from August 2022 to June 2024.

In parallel with her parliamentary activities, Lotriet was DA Provincial Chairperson in the Free State between September 2012 and November 2020. After unsuccessful campaigns for higher leadership in 2018 and 2020, she was elected to deputise Helen Zille as Deputy Chairperson of the DA Federal Council in April 2023.