Ashor Sarupen

Deputy Minister, Ashor Sarupen, entered the political arena in 2006 at the age of 17 in his hometown of Springs when he joined the Democratic Alliance and later joined the Gauteng Legislature caucus team as a research analyst.

He was elected to the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Council in 2011 and served as the Chief Whip of the Official Opposition in the Council at the age of 22. He served on the council Rules, Ethics and Public Accounts committees.

He then served as a Member of the Gauteng Legislature between 2014 and 2019, representing the DA on the Finance, Economic Development, Social Development and Education committees. Since 2019, Ashor has served as a Member of Parliament and the DA’s Shadow Minister on the Appropriations Committee. Within the Democratic Alliance, he serves as the first deputy chairperson of the DA’s Federal Council.

Ashor Sarupen attended Wits University where he completed his Bachelor of Science. He subsequently acquired a BSC Honours (Wits), MBA (Wits) and an MPhil in Corporate Strategy at GIBS as well as MPhil in International Business at GIBS.