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The Democratic Alliance (DA) is a South African political party, the governing party in the Western Cape province, and the official opposition to the ruling African National Congress. The party was formed when the Democratic Party entered into a short-lived alliance with the New National Party (NNP) and a smaller party in 2000. The party is broadly centrist, though it has been attributed both centre-left and centre-right policies. It has its roots in the liberal anti-Apartheid movement of the 1960s, 70s and 80s, during which time a series of its predecessor parties were led by anti-Apartheid activists like Helen Suzman, Colin Eglin, Harry Schwarz and Frederik van Zyl Slabbert. The present leader of the Democratic Alliance is former Cape Town mayor and Premier of the Western Cape Helen Zille, who took over from Tony Leon in May 2006. Zille, the World Mayor of the Year in 2008, opted against moving to the National Assembly, where the party is instead led by Athol Trollip. Trollip leads a parliamentary caucus of 77 members—67 in the National Assembly, 10 in the National Council of Provinces -- who also make up the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet. The Democratic Alliance's federal chairperson is Joe Seremane, and the chairperson of the party's federal executive is James Selfe. Jonathan Moakes is the party's CEO, replacing Ryan Coetzee who was the party's chief electoral strategist and now occupies a position as Political Advisor to Western Cape Premier and party leader, Helen Zille. The party's chief whip and deputy chief whip are Ian Davidson and Mike Ellis respectively, and Lindiwe Mazibuko is the DA's national spokesperson.
