| 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 |
Theminister of defence and military veterans (formerly theminister of defence) is aminister in theGovernment of South Africa, who is responsible for overseeing theDepartment of Defence, theDepartment of Military Veterans and theSouth African National Defence Force.
| Name | Portrait | Term | Party | President (since 1984) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Smuts |  | 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 |  | 20 June 1924 | 17 May 1933 | LP | J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II) | ||
| Oswald Pirow |  | 18 May 1933 | 4 September 1939 | NP | |||
| UP | J.B.M. Hertzog (III) (IV) | ||||||
| Jan Smuts |  | 5 September 1939 | 26 May 1948 | UP | |||
| Jan Smuts (takes office after Hertzog resignation) | |||||||
| Jan Smuts (III) | |||||||
| F.C. Erasmus |  | 26 May 1948 | 12 December 1959 | HNP | D.F. Malan (I) (II) | ||
| NP | Strydom (I) | ||||||
| J.J. Fouché |  | 12 December 1959 | 30 March 1966 | NP | |||
| Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death) | |||||||
| Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II) | |||||||
| P.W. Botha |  | 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 |  | 10 May 1994 | 25 June 1999 | ANC | Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity) | ||
| Mosiuoa Lekota |  | 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 |  | 22 April 2009 | 12 June 2012 | ANC | Jacob Zuma (I) (II) | ||
| Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula |  | 12 June 2012 | 2013 | ANC | |||
| Name | Portrait | Term | Party | President | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula | | 2013 | 2021 | ANC | Jacob Zuma (I) (II) Cyril Ramaphosa (I) (II) | ||
| Thandi Modise | .jpg) | 2021 | 19 June 2024 | ANC | Cyril Ramaphosa (II shuffled) | ||
| Angie Motshekga |  | 30 June 2024 | incumbent | ANC | Cyril Ramaphosa (III shuffled) | ||
