Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
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The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans (formerly the Minister of Defence) is a Minister in the Government of South Africa, who is responsible for overseeing the Department of Defence, the Department of Military Veterans and the South African National Defence Force.
| South Africa Minister of Defence and Military Veterans | |
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| Department of Defence Department of Military Veterans | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Inaugural holder | Lindiwe Sisulu |
| Formation | 10 May 2009 |
| Deputy | Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans |
| Salary | R 2,211,937[1] |
| Website | Department of Defence Department of Military Veterans |
List of ministers
edit| Name | Portrait | Term | Party | President (since 1984) | |||
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| Jan Smuts | 
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15 September 1910 | 27 August 1919 | SAP | Louis Botha (I) (II) | ||
| Hendrik Mentz | 28 August 1919 | 19 June 1924 | SAP | ||||
| Jan Smuts (takes office after Botha dies) | |||||||
| Jan Smuts (I) (II) | |||||||
| Frederic Creswell | 
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20 June 1924 | 17 May 1933 | LP | J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II) | ||
| Oswald Pirow | 
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18 May 1933 | 4 September 1939 | NP | |||
| UP | J.B.M. Hertzog (III) (IV) | ||||||
| Jan Smuts | 
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5 September 1939 | 26 May 1948 | UP | |||
| Jan Smuts (takes office after Hertzog resignation) | |||||||
| Jan Smuts (III) | |||||||
| F.C. Erasmus | 
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26 May 1948 | 12 December 1959 | HNP | D.F. Malan (I) (II) | ||
| NP | Strydom (I) | ||||||
| J.J. Fouché | 
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12 December 1959 | 30 March 1966 | NP | |||
| Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death) | |||||||
| Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II) | |||||||
| P.W. Botha | 
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30 March 1966 | 28 April 1981 | NP | |||
| B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death) | |||||||
| B.J. Vorster (I) (II) (III) | |||||||
| Magnus Malan | 29 April 1981 | 1991 | NP | P.W. Botha (I) (II) | |||
| F.W. de Klerk (I) | |||||||
| Roelf Meyer | 1991 | 1992 | NP | ||||
| Gene Louw | 1992 | 1993 | NP | ||||
| Kobie Coetsee | 1993 | 9 May 1994 | NP | ||||
| Joe Modise | 
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10 May 1994 | 25 June 1999 | ANC | Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity) | ||
| Mosiuoa Lekota | 
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24 June 1999 | 19 September 2008 | ANC | Thabo Mbeki (I) (II) | ||
| Charles Nqakula | 20 September 2008 | 21 April 2009 | ANC | Kgalema Motlanthe (takes office after Mbeki resigns) | |||
| Lindiwe Sisulu | 
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22 April 2009 | 12 June 2012 | ANC | Jacob Zuma (I) (II) | ||
| Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula | 12 June 2012 | 2013 | ANC | ||||
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, 2013–present
edit| Name | Portrait | Term | Party | President | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula | 2013 | 2021 | ANC | Jacob Zuma (I) (II) Cyril Ramaphosa (I) (II) | |||
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2021 | 19 June 2024 | ANC | Cyril Ramaphosa (II shuffled) | ||
| Angie Motshekga |  |
30 June 2024 | incumbent | ANC | Cyril Ramaphosa (III shuffled) | ||
References
edit- ^ "Determination salaries and allowances of the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers", Proclamation No. 3 of 2015.