Natasha Mazzone

On 31 October 2019, Mazzone was appointed Chief Whip of the Official Opposition, succeeding John Steenhuisen, who was elected Leader of the Opposition. She is the party's first female chief whip.

Following the DA's 2018 Federal Congress, Mazzone was elected second Deputy Federal Council Chairperson of the party. She is currently serving alongside Thomas Walters.

She is a Buddhist; she married fellow Democratic Alliance MP Kevin Mileham in July 2017.

Mazzone studied for a law degree from the University of Pretoria but did not complete the degree. She completed her legal articles at Hahn & Hahn Attorneys. Mazzone studied music and opera at the Lorraine Haverman school of music. In 2010 Mazzone was selected to attend the American Council of Young Political Leaders program.

Mazzone was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on 6 May 2009. She was first made the Shadow Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development by Parliamentary Leader Athol Trollip. During Trollip's first Shadow cabinet reshuffle, Mazzone was made the Shadow Minister of Communications. She held this position until newly-elected Parliamentary Leader Lindiwe Mazibuko appointed her to the position of Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises.

Mazzone has also been involved in the provincial politics of Gauteng. She was elected as one of three deputy provincial chairpersons of the Democratic Alliance in October 2009. In April 2010, she ran for Provincial Leader of the DA. She faced former DA MP Janet Semple and incumbent John Moodey. Mazzone was eliminated in the first round. Semple consequently won the election.

In 2000, Mazzone stood for election as a city councillor in the Tshwane Metro. She was elected in December and at age 21, she was the youngest councillor in the municipality. In 2003, the DA caucus in the Metro elected Mazzone to the position of Chief Whip of the Official Opposition and she held this position until her election to Parliament in May 2009.

Mazzone is a feminist advocate for equal rights, LGBTI activist and a liberal. She started her political career in 1997 at the University of Pretoria (UP) where she was the chairperson of the Democratic Party (DP) Youth branch. In 1998, she was elected as the National Federal Youth Leader of the DP. In the same year, she was elected to the Student Representative Council at UP and was the Executive member for Student Safety. In 1999, Mazzone was elected as the Speaker of the UP SRC. In 2000, the Democratic Alliance (DA) was formed and the DP formed part of this merger. She was then elected as the National Federal Youth Leader of the DA, a position she held until 2004.

Natasha Wendy Anita Mazzone (born 9 May 1979) is a South African politician who is currently serving as Chief Whip of the Official Opposition in the National Assembly of South Africa. She has been a Member of the National Assembly, representing the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), since 2009. She is the second Deputy Federal Council Chairperson of the DA and the party's spokesperson on state capture. She was previously Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises and Shadow Minister of Communications.