Hendrik Krüger

Hendrik Christiaan Crafford Krüger (born 6 May 1962) is a South African politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2014, representing the Democratic Alliance.

Education Krüger holds a postgraduate diploma in Business Management and is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration.

Political career He served as a Democratic Alliance councillor in the Emalahleni Local Municipality of Mpumalanga from 2006 to 2014. On 5 June 2014, he was appointed Shadow Deputy Minister of Small Business Development in the new shadow cabinet led by Mmusi Maimane. Krüger became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development on 20 June.

Between 17 September 2015 and 8 December 2016, he was an alternate member of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. He was reappointed as Shadow Deputy Minister of Small Business Development on 5 June 2019 by Maimane.

In March 2020, parliament published a notice of Krüger's intention to introduce the Ease of Doing Business Bill, a private member bill from the DA, which aims to develop a plan to reduce red tape for businesses that want the enter the market place. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa, he called for the re-opening of Pilates, yoga and other studios in July 2020. In December 2020, he was reappointed as Shadow Deputy Minister of Small Business Development in the shadow cabinet of the newly elected DA leader, John Steenhuisen.

Krüger was re-elected to a third term in the National Assembly in the 2024 general election.

Personal life Krüger has been a resident of Witbank for more than 30 years.