Democratic Alliance Federal Council
The Democratic Alliance Federal Council 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.
The FedCo has been chaired by former DA Leader and former Premier of the Western Cape Helen Zille since 2019. Zille has three Deputies to assist her; Thomas Walters, Annelie Lotriet, and Ashor Sarupen.
The FedCo's main counterpart is the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress.
Composition
The Federal Council consists of the following members:- All of the Federal Executive 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
- Twenty-four Members of the Provincial Legislatures
- 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