Athol Trollip

The Honourable Athol Trollip
Provincial Chairman of ActionSA in Eastern Cape
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 February 2022
Leader	Herman Mashaba
Federal Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance
In office 10 May 2015 – 23 October 2019
Preceded by	Wilmot James
Succeeded by	Ivan Meyer (interim)
Leader of the Opposition
In office 7 May 2009 – 27 October 2011
President	Jacob Zuma
Preceded by	Sandra Botha
Succeeded by	Lindiwe Mazibuko
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 June 2024
Constituency	National
In office 6 May 2009 – 1 June 2013
Constituency	National
Member of Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
In office 5 June 2013 – 18 August 2016
Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay
In office 18 August 2016 – 27 August 2018
Deputy	Mongameli Bobani
Preceded by	Danny Jordaan
Succeeded by	Mongameli Bobani
Personal details
Born	(1964-03-12) 12 March 1964 (age 60) Bedford, Cape Province, South Africa
Political party	ActionSA (Feb 2022–present) Democratic Alliance (1995–2020)
Other political affiliations	Progressive Federal Party (1980–1989)
Spouse	Janine Handley ​ (m. 2016)​
Children	2

Roland Athol Price Trollip (born 12 March 1964) is a South African politician and provincial chairman of ActionSA in the Eastern Cape.

He currently serves as the Parliamentary Leader of ActionSA in the National Assembly.^[1]

He was previously a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA), serving as the Federal Chairperson of the DA from 2015 to 2019 and the Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, serving from 2016 until he was unseated in a vote of no confidence in 2018.^[2][3]

Trollip has served as a member of the National Assembly and as a member of the Provincial Legislature of the Eastern Cape Province. He served as Parliamentary Leader of the opposition between 2009 and 2011. He was the provincial leader of the DA in the Eastern Cape from 2002 until he was replaced on 6 May 2017 by Nqaba Bhanga.^[4]