Roy Jankielsohn (born 3 December 1967) is a South African politician who has been the leader of the opposition in the Free State Provincial Legislature since 2014.
[3] He entered politics in 1995, when he stood for the Democratic Party (DP) as a candidate for election as a ward councillor in Bloemfontein,[2] but he remained active in academia as a peer reviewer and member of the advisory board at his former UFS department.
[4] As a member of the DP's federal council, he was involved in negotiations to establish the Democratic Alliance (DA), which originated as a multi-party opposition coalition.
[2] In addition, he remained in Leon's shadow cabinet, now as spokesperson on safety and security;[7][8] in that capacity, he was a prominent critic of Minister Charles Nqakula.
[13] In the 2014 general election, the DA ousted the Congress of the People as the official opposition in the Free State Provincial Legislature, with a record five seats in the chamber.
[15] As leader of the opposition, Jankielsohn continued a campaign he had taken up earlier to attract the attention of law enforcement to alleged maladministration of the Vrede Dairy Project.