Dirk Michael Bakker is a South African politician and lawyer who represented the National Party (NP) and New National Party (NNP) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2004, gaining election in 1994[1] and 1999.[2] He served the Gauteng constituency.[2] During his second term, he was also the NNP's national legal director,[3][4] in which capacity he advised the NNP on its cooperation agreement with the governing African National Congress (ANC).[5]