The Democratic Alliance Federal Council (FedCo) is the governing and policy-making body of the Democratic Alliance, the second-largest political party by number of seats in Parliament in South Africa. It sits when the party's Federal Congress is not in session.
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The FedCo has been chaired by Deputy Finance Minister Ashor Sarupen since the Federal Congress. Sarupen has three Deputies to assist him; JP Smith, Thomas Walters, and Carl Pophaim.[1]
The FedCo's main counterpart is the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress.[2]
Composition
editThe Federal Council consists of the following members:[2]
- All of the Federal Executive (FedEx) members
- The Chairperson of the Federal Legal Commission
- The Provincial Chairpersons and the Provincial Finance Chairpersons
- Regional chairpersons who preside over an area where the party received more than 80,000 votes in the latest general election
- Twenty-four Members of Parliament (MPs)
- Twenty-four Members of the Provincial Legislatures (MPLs)
- Twenty-four municipal councillors
- Twenty-four party members who do not hold public office
- Up to six additional members approved by two-thirds of the members mentioned above
- Two non-voting party staff members designated by each of the nine Provincial Chairpersons
References
edit- ↑ "DA announces Leadership Election Results". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- 1 2 Gerber, Jan. "EXPLAINED | What is the DA's federal council". News24. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
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