Deputy Minister for Agriculture and
Land Affairs
Dirk Cornelis du Toit, Adv
Personal
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Date of Birth: 19 September 1943.
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Marital Status: Divorced
Current Positions
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Deputy Minister of Agriculture and
Land Affairs of the Republic of South Africa since 17 June 1999.
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Member of Parliament since 1994.
Academic Qualifications
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Matriculated from Boshof High School
(1961).
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Bachelor of Arts degree and LLB
degree, University of the Orange Free State (UOFS) (1968).
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Lur.
Drs (Leiden) (1971).
Career/Positions/Memberships/Other Activities
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Admitted as an Attorney of the Supreme
Court of South Africa (1969).
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Lecturer at the then University of
Orange Free State (UOFS) (1970).
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Advocate of the Supreme Court of South
Africa (1970).
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Headed the Department of
Constitutional Law and Philosophy of Law at UOFS (1973).
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Professor of law at UOFS (1975).
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Editor for various academic journals.
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Legal advisor of National Educational
Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) (1992).
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Assistant Secretary of the Executive
Council of the then Southern-Orange Free State Region of the African
National Congress (ANC) (1992-1994).
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Member of the Bloemfontein Central
Branch of the ANC. Was deployed in the Central West Region.
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Author of several research articles
and papers.
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Elected to National Assembly (1994).
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Chairperson of Theme Committee 3,
Constitutional Assembly.
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Intimately involved in drafting of the
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996).
Re-elected to Parliament (1999)
and (2004).
