Driving Rapid Reform: Emerging lessons from South Africa

Date & Time Oct 29 2025 12:15 PM - 1:20 PM
Location Robertson Hall
Bowl 001
Department Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance African American Studies Innovations for Successful Societies
Speaker(s)
Leon Schreiber, Minister Republic of South Africa
Audience Open to the Public

Leon Schreiber has served as South Africa’s Minister of Home Affairs since 3 July 2024. During his time in office he has overseen significant reform, accelerating the delivery of visas and crucial identity documents for South Africans and visitors. A member of the Democratic Alliance (DA), he has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since May 2019. Before his appointment to the cabinet, he served in the shadow cabinet as Shadow Minister of Public Service and Administration during the Sixth Parliament from May 2019 to June 2024.

Schreiber earned a Ph.D. in political science at the Free University of Berlin. Between 2015 and 2019, Schreiber was a senior research specialist with Princeton University’s Innovations for Successful Societies program. Schreiber is the author of a 2018 book, Coalition Country: South Africa After the ANC, which predicted that the African National Congress (ANC) would lose its electoral majority.