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'''Marco Oosthuizen MSYP

Marco Oosthuizen (born 13 July 1999) is a young aspiring Politician and Youth Leader from South Africa who has since made his home in Aberdeen, Scotland. He has had success in his young career having won the Scottish Youth Parliament election in Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency) in January 2024 to become 1 of the 2 new Member of Scottish Youth Parliament. He has since assumed this role on February 1st 2024.

Childhood and Schooling
Marco Oosthuizen was born on 13 July 1999 in Johannesburg, Gauteng to 2 parents of humble upbringings. In 2004, he and his family moved to Pretoria, the Executive Capital City of South Africa where he would go on to be schooled privately. Attending many a institution where he displayed occasional academic successes as well as academic weaknesses from 2006 - 2015. In late 2015 he eventually went onto Abbotts Colleges in Pretoria East where soon his successes predominantly began to show. During this time he began to display a keen and growing interest in the field of politics as well as history. Actively engaging in historical debates whilst at school to taking an active lead in the 2017 SJMUN (South African Institute for International Affairs Johannesburg Model United Nations Conference) representing the United States of America in the International Organization for Migration. As well as his successes in what drove him his successes academically also began to show more evidently, from being placed in the Academic Top 10 lists, he graduated in 2017 with many academic accolades including Academic half colours, the SAIIA South African Institute for International Affairs Best Position Paper (Gold) award and admittance to Bachelor Degree Studies level Pass.

United States: 2018
During his time at school Oosthuizen demonstrated not only a keen interest in Politics but also a keen interest in wanting to serve. It was during this time he applied to go and study abroad in the United States at theThe Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina where did he eventually get placement. However it was during his brief stint at the institution he realised that conventional military life was not for him and shortly after commencing left The Citadel, but took away with him important life lessons which he carried over to his next grand adventure.