Jan de Villiers

Prior to his election to parliament, De Villiers was a DA councillor and a member of the mayoral committee in the Stellenbosch Local Municipality.^[1]

De Villiers stood as a DA parliamentary candidate from the Western Cape in the 2019 national elections,^[2] and was subsequently elected to the National Assembly and sworn in on 22 May 2019.^[3] On 5 June 2019, he was appointed by the DA parliamentary leader, Mmusi Maimane, as Shadow Minister of the Auditor-General, succeeding Alan McLoughlin, who retired from parliament.^[4] Later that month, he became a member of the Standing Committee on Auditor-General.

Maimane resigned as DA leader in October 2019 and John Steenhuisen was voted in as his interim successor in November 2019.^[5] He temporarily retained Maimane's shadow cabinet. After Steenhuisen was elected leader for a full term at the 2020 Democratic Alliance Federal Congress, he announced his Shadow Cabinet on 5 December 2020, in which De Villiers was appointed as Shadow Minister of Small Business Development, succeeding Zakhele Mbhele.^[6] On 7 December, he became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development.^[7]

In the 2020 Register of Members’ Interests, de Villiers declared that he was a director of two property investment companies. He also disclosed that he was a co-owner of the Eikestad Mall in Stellenbosch and has the benefit of free parking at the shopping centre.^[8]

Having been re-elected to Parliament in the 2024 general election, he was elected to chair the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration in July 2024.^[9]

De Villiers was appointed as a spokesperson of the Democratic Alliance in November 2025, following Willie Aucamp's appointment to cabinet.^[10]

• Jan Naudé De Villiers at People's Assembly