Willie Hofmeyr | |
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| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office May 1994 – June 1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 November 1954 Cape Town, Cape Province Union of South Africa |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Alma mater | University of Cape Town |
William Andrew "Willie" Hofmeyr (born 22 November 1954) is a South African lawyer and former politician who was Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions from 2001 to 2019. He was the founding head of the National Prosecuting Authority's Asset Forfeiture Unit from 1999 to 2011 and the head of the Special Investigating Unit from 2001 to 2011. Although he was removed from the AFU by Shaun Abrahams in 2015, he returned in 2019 before he retired late that year.
Hofmeyr was an activist with the United Democratic Front during apartheid and was admitted as an advocate of the High Court in 1991. He represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 1999, during which time he served as parliamentary counsellor to Deputy President Thabo Mbeki from 1998. He received extensive public attention as a prosecutor due to his role in politically sensitive prosecutions.