{{Short description|South African politician (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Nazley Sharif | honorific_suffix = MP | image = Nazley Khan Sharif, MP for the DA.png | image_size = | caption = Sharif in September 2019 | office1 = Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | term_start1 = 24 July 2025 | term_end1 = | term_start2 = 22 May 2019 | term_end2 = 28 May 2024 | office3 = Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature | term_start3 = 14 June 2024 | term_end3 = 23 July 2025 | birth_name = Nazley Khan Sharif | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|05|18|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic Alliance | other_party = | spouse = | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = | education = | alma_mater = University of the Witwatersrand | occupation = {{flatlist| * Politician * political commentator * activist}} | profession = | known_for = | committees = | awards = | website = }} '''Nazley Khan Sharif''' (born 18 May 1990) is a South African politician who has served in the National Assembly of South Africa since July 2025 and previously from May 2019 to May 2024. She was a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from June 2024 to July 2025. During her first term in parliament, she served in the DA's Shadow Cabinet as the Shadow Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities from April 2023 until May 2024, having previously served as Deputy Minister between June 2019 and April 2023. Khan is a member of the Democratic Alliance.
==Education== Sharif studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, where she graduated with a BA degree and a BA Honours degree in political sciences.<ref name="Parl">{{cite web |title=Ms Nazley Khan Sharif |url=https://www.parliament.gov.za/person-details/326 |website=Parliament of South Africa |access-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023131858/https://www.parliament.gov.za/person-details/326 |archive-date=23 October 2020}}</ref>
==Political career== [[File:U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaking with DA MP Nazley Khan Sharif.jpg|left|thumb|Sharif speaking to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Hector Pieterson Museum in Soweto, Gauteng in August 2022]] While in her first year at the University of the Witwatersrand, she joined the Democratic Alliance Students' Organisation (DASO) on campus. She has been the deputy chairperson for Recruitment and Campaigns of DASO, the chair of the DA Youth in the party's Johannesburg South constituency, the chair of the DA Gauteng South Regional Youth Organisation, and the chairperson of the DASO branch at Wits University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nazley Khan Sharif |url=http://www.pa.org.za/person/nazley-khan-sharif/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=People's Assembly |language=en}}</ref>
She was elected as a DA councillor in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in 2014. Khan was elected to a full term in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ms Nazley Khan Sharif (DA) |url=https://www.pa.org.za/blog/ms-nazley-khan-sharif-da |website=People's Assembly |access-date=23 October 2020|date=21 August 2019}}</ref> She was then elected chairperson of the municipality's Section 79 Gender, Youth, and People with Disabilities committee.<ref name="Parl" />
Khan was elected to the National Assembly in the May 2019 general election.<ref>{{cite news |title=SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/Elections/News/see-these-are-the-people-who-will-represent-you-in-parliament-provincial-legislatures-20190515 |access-date=23 October 2020 |newspaper=News24 |date=15 May 2019}}</ref> On 5 June 2019, she was appointed Shadow Deputy Minister of Women, Youth and Disabilities in the Presidency.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gerber |first1=Jan |title=Here's the DA's 'shadow cabinet' |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/SouthAfrica/News/heres-the-das-shadow-cabinet-20190605 |access-date=23 October 2020 |newspaper=News24 |date=5 June 2019}}</ref> She became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and People with Disabilities on 27 June 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=announcements, tablings and committee reports - APRAV |url=https://www.aprav.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/List-of-members-of-all-the-Portfolio-Committees-for-the-6th-Parliament-published-27-June-2019.pdf |website=APRAV |access-date=23 October 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705062148/https://www.aprav.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/List-of-members-of-all-the-Portfolio-Committees-for-the-6th-Parliament-published-27-June-2019.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 5 December 2020, it was announced that Khan would remain as Shadow Deputy Minister of Women, Youth and Disabilities in the Presidency in the shadow cabinet led by John Steenhuisen.<ref>{{cite web |title=DA announces new Shadow Cabinet that will bring Real Hope and Real Change |url=https://www.da.org.za/2020/12/da-announces-new-shadow-cabinet-that-will-bring-real-hope-and-real-change |website=Democratic Alliance |access-date=5 December 2020}}</ref>
Sharif was promoted to Shadow Minister of Women, Youth and Disabilities in the Presidency by Steenhuisen on 21 April 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ditabo |first=Malaika |title=Another demotion for Mazzone as she moves from state security role back to communications |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/government/another-demotion-for-mazzone-as-she-moves-from-state-security-role-back-to-communications-20230421 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Sharif was elected to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in the 2024 provincial election.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 June 2024 |title=Provincial Legislatures |url=https://www.elections.org.za/pw/Documents/Elected%20Reps_Prov_Legislature%202024.pdf |access-date=9 July 2024 |website=Electoral Commission of South Africa}}</ref> She returned to the National Assembly on 24 July 2025.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1948422692610146769 |user=Our_DA |title=🇿🇦 Welcoming our newest Member of Parliament, Nazley Sharif (35), sworn in today. Nazley joins our team of dedicated MPs and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, as we continue with our efforts to rescue South Africa. |date=24 July 2025 |access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{People's Assembly (South Africa)|nazley-khan-sharif|Nazley Khan Sharif}} {{Current MPs of South Africa}}
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