{"id":7258,"date":"2026-05-25T08:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/wc\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=7258"},"modified":"2026-05-25T09:09:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T09:09:37","slug":"dr-ivan-meyer","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/wc\/speaker\/dr-ivan-meyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Ivan Meyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Ivan Meyer was a senior civil servant where he was responsible for provincial training in<br>the Western Cape.<\/p>    <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He holds a Masters and a Ph.D. degree in Public Administration from the University of<br>Stellenbosch.<\/p>    <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was a senior lecturer teaching public administration and public policy analysis.<\/p>    <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He joined the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in 2009 and has since then held the<br>following positions:<\/p>    <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li>Minister of Social Development<\/li>    <li>Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport<\/li>    <li>Minister of Finance<\/li>    <li>Minister of Agriculture, and since 2024<\/li>    <li>Minister of Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism.<\/li> <\/ul>    <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also served as Leader of Government Business (LOGB) for five years from 2019 \u2013 2024.<\/p>    <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also served as Federal Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance and was also responsible<br>for international relations in the Party.<\/p>    <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was re-appointed in the Cabinet after the elections where he holds his current position.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":7259,"template":"","speaker_category":[42],"speaker_year":[38],"class_list":["post-7258","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speaker_category-conference-speaker","speaker_year-38"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dr. Ivan Meyer - Western Cape Procurement Conference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr Ivan Meyer was a senior civil servant where he was responsible for provincial training in the Western Cape. 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