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.
List of ministers NamePortraitTermPartyPresident Jan Smuts 15 September 1910 27 August 1919 SAP Louis Botha Hendrik Mentz 28 August 1919 19 June 1924 SAP Jan Smuts Jan Smuts Frederic Creswell 20 June 1924 17 May 1933 LP J.B.M. Hertzog Oswald Pirow 18 May 1933 4 September 1939 NP UP J.B.M. Hertzog Jan Smuts 5 September 1939 26 May 1948 UP Jan Smuts Jan Smuts F.C. Erasmus 26 May 1948 12 December 1959 HNP D.F. Malan NP Strydom J.J. Fouché 12 December 1959 30 March 1966 NP Hendrik Verwoerd Hendrik Verwoerd P.W. Botha 30 March 1966 28 April 1981 NP B.J. Vorster B.J. Vorster Magnus Malan 29 April 1981 1991 NP P.W. Botha F.W. de Klerk Roelf Meyer 1991 1992 NP Gene Louw 1992 1993 NP Kobie Coetsee 1993 9 May 1994 NP Joe Modise 10 May 1994 25 June 1999 ANC Nelson Mandela Mosiuoa Lekota 24 June 1999 19 September 2008 ANC Thabo Mbeki Charles Nqakula 20 September 2008 21 April 2009 ANC Kgalema Motlanthe Lindiwe Sisulu 22 April 2009 12 June 2012 ANC Jacob Zuma Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula 12 June 2012 2013 ANC
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, 2013–present NamePortraitTermPartyPresident Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula 2013 5 August 2021 ANC Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa Thandi Modise 5 August 2021 19 June 2024 ANC Cyril Ramaphosa Angie Motshekga 30 June 2024 incumbent ANC Cyril Ramaphosa
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