Samuel Johannes de Beer (born 19 August 1944) is a South African politician and former Christian minister who served in Parliament from 1974 to 2001, excepting a brief hiatus from 1998 to 1999.
A former Dutch Reformed Church minister, de Beer entered politics during apartheid through the National Party (NP), which he represented in the House of Assembly from 1974 to 1994, serving the Geduld constituency.
In August 1998, de Beer defected to the United Democratic Movement (UDM), which he went on to represent in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2001.
[2] In 1974, de Beer was elected to a National Party (NP) seat in the House of Assembly, representing the Transvaal's Geduld constituency.
[2] During the legislative term that followed, in June 1997, he was elected to succeed Roelf Meyer as leader of the NP's Gauteng provincial branch, narrowly defeating Fanus Schoeman.