Pierre Rabie

Pierre Jacques Rabie (born 22 March 1949) is a retired South African politician and former academic from the Western Cape. He served in the National Assembly for three terms from 1999 to 2014, representing the Western Cape constituency. He was a member of the New National Party (NNP) until the March 2003 floor-crossing window, when he joined the Democratic Alliance (DA).

Early life and career Rabie was born on 22 March 1949 in Worcester in the former Cape Province. He completed a master's degree in anthropology and a doctorate in philosophy at Stellenbosch University, where he joined the anthropology faculty. He later became a senior lecturer at the University of the Western Cape

Legislative career In the 1999 general election, Rabie was elected to represent the NNP in the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament.

In the 2004 general election, he was re-elected to his seat, ranked first on the Western Cape regional party list for the DA. He was appointed as DA spokesperson on trade and industry in 2005. He was re-elected to the assembly in 2009During his third and final term in the assembly, he served variously as the party's deputy spokesperson on economic development, appropriations, and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. He left Parliament after the 2014 general election.