Natasha Michael

Who is Natasha Michael?

Natasha Michael is a South African politician, a Member of the South African Parliament with the Democratic Alliance and the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet: Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises. Natasha was elected to Parliament on 6 May 2009. She was first made the Shadow Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development. During the first Shadow cabinet reshuffle Natasha was made the Shadow Minister of Communications. Natasha held this position until the second cabinet reshuffle during which, she was made the Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises.

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