Dan van Holst Pellekaan
Deputy Premier of South Australia
In office 23 November 2021 – 21 March 2022
Premier	Steven Marshall
Preceded by	Vickie Chapman
Succeeded by	Susan Close
Deputy Leader of the South Australian Liberal Party
In office 25 November 2021 – 19 April 2022
Leader	Steven Marshall
Preceded by	Vickie Chapman
Succeeded by	John Gardner
Leader of Government Business in the House
In office 29 July 2020 – 21 March 2022
Premier	Steven Marshall
Preceded by	Stephan Knoll
Succeeded by	Tom Koutsantonis
Minister for Energy and Mining
In office 22 March 2018 – 21 March 2022
Premier	Steven Marshall
Preceded by	Tom Koutsantonis(asMinister for Mineral Resources and Energy)
Succeeded by	Tom Koutsantonis
Shadow ministerial positions Shadow Minister for Energy and Mining In office 25 January 2017 – 22 March 2018 Leader Steven Marshall Succeeded by Tom Koutsantonis Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Racing, and Sport and Recreation In office 8 December 2011 – 6 November 2012 Leader Isobel Redmond Preceded by Steven Griffiths(for Regional Development) Succeeded by Mitch Williams(for Racing, Sport and Recreation)
Member of theSouth Australian House of Assembly forStuart
In office 20 March 2010 – 19 March 2022
Preceded by	Graham Gunn
Succeeded by	Geoff Brock
Personal details
Born	Daniel Cornelius van Holst Pellekaan Canberra,ACT, Australia
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Rebecca van Holst Pellekaan
Education	Maret School
Alma mater	University of Toronto University of Tasmania(BEc)
Occupation	Basketball player Politician
Basketball career
Personal information
Listed height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Career information
Playing career	1985–1988
Position	Forward
Career history
1985–1988[2]	Hobart Devils
Career NBL statistics
Points	389 (5.8 ppg)
Rebounds	215 (3.2 rpb)
Blocks	15 (0.2 bpg)

Daniel Cornelius van Holst Pellekaan is an Australian former politician. He represented theSouth Australian House of Assembly seat ofStuart for theSouth Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia from2010 state election until he lost the seat in the2022 state election.^[3]

Van Holst Pellekaan was theDeputy Premier of South Australia between November 2021 and March 2022, and served as the Minister for Energy and Mining in theMarshall Ministry between 2018 and 2022.^[4][5]

Van Holst Pellekaan was born inCanberra, to a Dutch father who had emigrated to Australia at the age of two. The family moved toWashington D.C. when his father was offered a position at theWorld Bank,^[6] and Dan attended theMaret School. He was active in sport, playingAmerican football andbasketball for Maret, and later moved to Canada to study and play basketball at theUniversity of Toronto.^[7]

He moved back to Australia when he was recruited by theHobart Devils basketball team in Tasmania, where he played for four years while studying for aBachelor of Economics degree.^[7][8]

After graduating, van Holst Pellekaan moved to Melbourne to work forBP. He later moved to the outback where he and some friends bought Spud's Roadhouse inPimba, South Australia. After seven years, he worked in other tourism ventures, then moved toWilmington after meeting his wife, Rebecca.

In Wilmington, following the announcement of the retirement ofGraham Gunn, van Holst Pellekaan gained Liberal Party endorsement for the seat of Stuart;^[7] and was elected at the 2010 state election.

Following the2018 state election, van Holst Pellekaan was appointed as the Minister for Energy and Mining.^[9] On 25 November 2021, following the resignation ofVickie Chapman as deputy party leader andDeputy Premier, van Holst Pellekaan was elected as the new deputy leader, defeatingDavid Speirs in a party room ballot. He was sworn in asDeputy Premier of South Australia that day.^[10]

He lost his seat at the2022 state election to independentGeoff Brock, who had transferred from theFrome following a redistribution.^[11]

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