# Carl Greyling

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{{Short description|South African politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| party         = {{plainlist|
*[African National Congress](/source/African_National_Congress) (since 2005)
*[New National Party](/source/New_National_Party_(South_Africa)) (until 2005)}}
| office1       = [Member of the National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_of_South_Africa)
| term_start1   = June 1999
| term_end1     = May 2009
| citizenship   = [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
| constituency1 = [Western Cape](/source/Western_Cape)
}}

'''Carl Heinrich Friederich Greyling''' is a South African politician who represented the [Western Cape](/source/Western_Cape) in the [National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_of_South_Africa) from 1999 to 2009. He was the chief whip of the [New National Party](/source/New_National_Party_(South_Africa)) (NNP) until September 2005, when he [crossed the floor](/source/Floor_crossing_(South_Africa)) to the [African National Congress](/source/African_National_Congress) (ANC).

== Legislative career ==
In the [1999 general election](/source/1999_South_African_general_election), Greyling was elected to an NNP seat in the National Assembly, representing the [Western Cape constituency](/source/Western_Cape_(National_Assembly_of_South_Africa_constituency)).<ref name=":022">{{cite magazine |date=11 June 1999 |title=General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures |url=https://gazettes.africa/archive/za/1999/za-government-gazette-dated-1999-06-11-no-20203.pdf |magazine=[Government Gazette of South Africa](/source/Government_Gazette_of_South_Africa) |location=Pretoria, South Africa |publisher=[Government of South Africa](/source/Government_of_South_Africa) |volume=408 |issue=20203 |pages= |access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref> He was re-elected to his seat in the [2004 general election](/source/2004_South_African_general_election)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-04-20 |title=Few surprises on candidates lists |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2004-04-20-few-surprises-on-candidates-lists/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}</ref> and served as the NNP's chief whip in the assembly.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 October 2004 |title=ANC Caucus Welcomes Its New NNP Converts |work=Business Day |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200410290175.html |access-date=9 April 2023 |via=allAfrica}}</ref>

Months after the election, in October 2004, he and seven other NNP members announced that they intended to defect from the party to the ANC during the next floor-crossing period. Greyling said that he had made his decision in consultation with local party members and after studying the [Freedom Charter](/source/Freedom_Charter) and the national [Constitution](/source/Constitution_of_South_Africa).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-10-28 |title=Eight NNP MPs to defect to ANC |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2004-10-28-eight-nnp-mps-to-defect-anc/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}</ref> He officially remained an NNP member until 1 September 2005, when, at the outset of the [2005 floor-crossing window](/source/2005_South_African_floor-crossing_window_period), he formally joined the ANC.<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |date=2009-01-15 |title=National Assembly Members |url=http://www.pmg.org.za/parlinfo/nalist#_ftnref87 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514071402/http://www.pmg.org.za/parlinfo/nalist#_ftnref87 |archive-date=14 May 2009 |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=Parliamentary Monitoring Group}}</ref>

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