Werner Horn (politician)


Werner Horn is a South African lawyer and politician who has served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since May 2014. He was a councillor of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality between 2006 and 2014. Horn is a member of the Democratic Alliance.

Career

Horn joined the Democratic Alliance and was elected a councillor of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, centred around Bloemfontein, in the 2006 municipal election. He was re-elected to a second term in the 2011 municipal election.

Parliamentary career

Horn was elected to the National Assembly in the 2014 general election. He took office as an MP on 21 May 2014. He represents the Free State Province. On 5 June 2014, he was named Shadow Deputy Minister of Justice and Correctional Services.
During his first term as an MP, he served as an Alternate Member of the Portfolio Committee On Justice and Constitutional Development. He was an Alternate Member of the Ad Hoc Committee to nominate a person for appointment of Public Protector between May 2016 and August 2016.
Horn won a second term as an MP in the 2019 general election. He was retained as shadow deputy minister and still serves on the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services. On 27 February 2020, he became an Alternate Member of the Ad Hoc Committee to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution.