Lourie Bosman
| Dr. Lourie Bosman MP | |
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| Shadow Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training | |
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In office 2012–2014 | |
| Leader | Helen Zille |
| Preceded by | Kraai van Niekerk |
| Succeeded by | Yusuf Cassim |
| Member of Parliament for Drakensveld (Albert Luthuli, Mkhondo, Msukaligwa & Pixley ka Seme local municipalities), Mpumalanga | |
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In office 6 May 2009 – 8 May 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 June 1941 |
| Nationality | South African |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance, Freedom Front Plus (2014- ) |
| Children | son Adee, daughter Anname |
Lourie Bosman (born 20 June 1941) is a South African politician, the former Shadow Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training,[1] and a former Member of Parliament for the opposition Democratic Alliance.[2] He is the former President of AgriSA,[3] and was earlier the Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.[1]
Background
Dr. Bosman is married and has two children, a son Adee and a daughter Anname, with five grandchildren.[4] He began his career by farming cattle and maize in 1968 and ran a Brahman Stud on his farms in the Warmbath district as well as practicing as a pharmacist in Lichtenburg from 1965 tp 1978. He has also served on the IFAP Executive Committee, where he represented the IFAP on various International Conferences and working groups like Animal Health and Welfare and the Animal Identification and Traceability committees. He has been a Member of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers, (IFAP) since 2002, where he served as Vice-Chairperson and then as Chairperson of the Meats and Feeds, (IFAP) working group from 2004.[5] Also, Dr. Bosman served his community in various other capacities, as President of the Warmbaths Agricultural and Industrial Show from 1986 - 1989, he played provincial hockey and represented Western Transvaal as well as Griqualand West, played first league cricket and social golf.[4]
Parliamentarian
Dr. Bosman has been a Member of the IFAP since 2002, where he served as Vice-Chairperson and then as Chairperson of the Meats and Feeds (IFAP) working group from 2004 to the present day. He has also dedicated a significant amount of time to Global Forum for Agricultural Research and is also one of the proponents of International Meat Conferences.
From 2000 to 2009, he was a Member of the Executive Committee of the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Producers, and he represents SACAU on various international structures and working committees.
As a longstanding member of the DA, Dr. Bosman was elected to Parliament in 2009 and with his extensive knowledge of and experience in the agricultural sector, and was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
He served as the Shadow Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training from 2012 to 2014. Bosman announced he was joining the Freedom Front Plus in the run-up to the 2014 general election.