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1203:. If the Premiership becomes vacant (for whatever reason) the provincial parliament must choose a new Premier to serve out the period until the next election. One person cannot have served more than two five-year terms as Premier; however, when a Premier is chosen to fill a vacancy the time until the next election does not count as a term.
690:, the executive authority of the province is vested in the Premier. The Premier appoints the Provincial Cabinet made up of ten members of the provincial parliament; they are known as Provincial Ministers. The Premier has the ability to appoint and dismiss Provincial Ministers at his/her own discretion.
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Premier must sign it. If he/she believes that the act is unconstitutional, it can be referred back to the provincial parliament for reconsideration. If the Premier and the provincial parliament cannot agree, the act must be referred
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Premier and the Provincial Cabinet are responsible for implementing provincial legislation, along with any national legislation assigned to the province. They set provincial policy and manage the departments of the provincial government; their actions are subject to the national constitution and
1199:. At the first meeting of the provincial parliament after an election, the members choose the Premier from amongst themselves. The provincial parliament can force the Premier to resign by a
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List of acts of the
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202:This article is part of a series on the
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1376:Winde elected Western Cape premier
1352:Winde elected Western Cape premier
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678:. He took office on 22 May 2019.
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694:the provincial constitution.
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1893:Premiers of the Western Cape
1388:Constitution of South Africa
1378:. Retrieved on 24 June 2019.
1366:. Retrieved on 24 June 2019.
1354:. Retrieved on 24 June 2019.
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1171:5 years, 121 days
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52:Western Cape Government
1489:Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae
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1197:occurred on 8 May 2019
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578:Politics of Mpumalanga
533:Cape Liberal Tradition
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1696:Independence Movement
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435:Western Cape Division
275:Provincial Parliament
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1139:Democratic Alliance
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1812:Little Karoo
1807:Garden Route
1735:
1640:Population:
1624:Western Cape
1559:
1448:South Africa
1383:
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1186:
1160:(born 1965)
1122:(born 1951)
1088:25 July 2008
1084:(born 1961)
1052:25 July 2008
1043:(born 1962)
1018:7 days
969:21 June 2002
965:(born 1959)
936:21 June 2002
887:(born 1948)
884:Peter Marais
809:(1941–2018)
771:(1941–2015)
768:Hernus Kriel
748:Left office
745:Took office
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660:South Africa
658:province of
656:Western Cape
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311:Reagan Allen
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225:Constitution
215:Western Cape
200:
161:Hernus Kriel
18:
1829:major towns
1817:Great Karoo
1651:Land area:
1555:Zamani Saul
1513:Thami Ntuli
1272:Valid votes
1164:22 May 2019
1131:22 May 2019
1119:Helen Zille
1078:Lynne Brown
931:3 June 2002
896:3 June 2002
813:11 May 1998
780:11 May 1998
467:Provincial:
352:Ayanda Bans
181:2,3 million
133:Term length
1887:Categories
1867:Wellington
1852:Oudtshoorn
1847:Mossel Bay
1827:Cities and
1792:West Coast
1777:Cape Flats
1751:High Court
1728:Government
1686:Government
1653:129,462 km
1564:Alan Winde
1339:References
1228:Alan Winde
1212:Candidate
1168:incumbent
1157:Alan Winde
1126:6 May 2009
1093:6 May 2009
922:Piet Meyer
775:7 May 1994
704:ex officio
668:Alan Winde
494:Municipal:
256:Alan Winde
170:7 May 1994
104:Leeuwenhof
41:Alan Winde
1872:Worcester
1837:Cape Town
1787:Swartland
1674:Cape Town
1642:5,822,734
1636:Cape Town
1444:provinces
1081:(interim)
727:Portrait
682:Functions
462:Elections
430:Judiciary
241:Executive
167:Formation
122:Appointer
116:Cape Town
99:Residence
84:Member of
38:Incumbent
1802:Overberg
1691:Politics
1679:timeline
1620:Province
1440:Premiers
1438:Current
1312:See also
1183:Election
1003:(acting)
925:(acting)
847:(acting)
1765:Regions
1736:Premier
1711:Ecology
1706:Climate
1701:Economy
1669:History
1622:of the
664:Premier
654:of the
650:is the
293:Speaker
253:The Hon
247:Premier
186:Website
64:Premier
1842:George
1782:Boland
1716:Marine
1662:Topics
1292:15.0%
1279:85.0%
1253:29.4%
1247:(ANC)
1237:70.6%
1215:Votes
415:ALJAMA
175:Salary
1857:Paarl
1305:100%
1266:100%
1259:Total
59:Style
1646:2011
1230:(DA)
730:Name
715:List
646:The
511:2021
508:2016
505:2011
502:2006
499:2000
489:2024
486:2019
483:2014
480:2009
477:2004
474:1999
471:1994
401:ACDP
394:GOOD
111:Seat
74:Type
1509:KZN
1446:of
1442:of
1302:40
1276:34
1263:34
1250:10
1234:24
723:No.
408:FF+
387:EFF
380:ANC
355:MMP
342:MMP
329:MMP
314:MMP
301:MMP
259:MMP
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1529::
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1487::
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1478::
1476:EC
1289:6
1226:√
1218:%
1145:8
1107:7
1066:6
1028:5
988:–
950:4
910:–
872:3
832:–
794:2
756:1
373:DA
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1644:(
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1605:t
1598:v
1431:e
1424:t
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635:e
628:t
621:v
179:R
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