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Debbie Schäfer was born on 18 December, 1966 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, is a politician. Discover Debbie Schäfer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?
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Sagittarius |
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18 December, 1966 |
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18 December |
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Pietermaritzburg, Natal |
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South Africa |
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Debbie Schäfer Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Debbie Schäfer's Husband?
Her husband is Mark Schäfer
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Debbie Schäfer Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Debbie Schäfer worth at the age of 57 years old? Debbie Schäfer’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. She is from South Africa. We have estimated
Debbie Schäfer's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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On 21 April 2022, Schäfer announced that she would be resigning as the Provincial Minister of Education and as a Member of the Provincial Parliament to take up a job in the legal sector in the United Kingdom. She said: "It has been my great privilege to have served as Provincial Minister of Education in the Western Cape Government for the last eight years. I believe I have left the Department in a better place than I found it, and am proud of the work that we have, together, achieved. I am, however, now ready to bow out of public life." She also thanked former premier Zille and premier Winde for appointing her to their provincial cabinets. She will remain a member of the DA. The following day, Winde announced that the Provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, David Maynier would succeed Schäfer as the Provincial Minister of Education. Schäfer resigned from the provincial government and provincial parliament on 15 May 2022.
In the 2014 elections, she was elected to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. Premier Helen Zille announced in a subsequent statement that Schäfer had been appointed as the Provincial Minister of Education. She was sworn in by Western Cape Deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso. Following her re-election in May 2019, newly elected premier Alan Winde announced that Schäfer would remain as Provincial Minister of Education.
On 14 May 2009, the Democratic Alliance released a statement, in which Schäfer was appointed Shadow Deputy Minister of Police. Democratic Alliance Parliamentary Leader Athol Trollip reshuffled his Shadow Cabinet in September 2010 and appointed Schäfer as the Shadow Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development. She retained her position when newly elected Parliamentary Leader Lindiwe Mazibuko announced her Shadow Cabinet in February 2012. During her tenure in Parliament, she served on the Magistrates’ Commission.
Schäfer joined the Democratic Party in 1999. In 2002, she was elected to the Cape Town City Council as the councillor for ward 62, an area that included the suburbs of Wynberg and Constantia. In the 2006 elections, she was elected the councillor for ward 73. She served in this position until her election to the National Assembly in the 2009 general election.
She achieved a Bachelor of Arts in English and Psychology from the University of Cape Town and, later on, in 1990, she received a Bachelor of Laws from the same university. She is married to Mark Schäfer. They have twin daughters, who both finished high school in 2017.
Deborah Anne "Debbie" Schäfer (born 18 December 1966) is a South African politician and lawyer who served as the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Education and a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament for the Democratic Alliance (DA) from 2014 to 2022. Prior to serving in the provincial government, Schäfer served as a Member of the National Assembly from 2009 to 2014.
Schäfer was born on 18 December 1966 in Pietermaritzburg in the Natal Province, and is of German descent. During her early years, her family relocated to Johannesburg, where she completed her primary school education. They later moved to Cape Town where she matriculated from Bergvliet High School in 1984.
