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 and the South African National Defence Force. The current minister is Lindiwe Sisulu and her deputy is Thabang Makwetla.
[edit] Ministers of Defence
| Minister | Party | Incumbency | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Smuts | SAP | 1910–1920 | Government of Prime Minister Louis Botha |
| Hendrik Mentz | SAP | 1920–1924 | Government of Prime Minister Jan Smuts |
| Frederic Creswell | Labour | 1924–1933 | Government of Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog |
| Oswald Pirow | NP / UP | 1933–1939 | |
| Jan Smuts | UP | 1939–1948 | Government of Prime Minister Jan Smuts |
| Frans Erasmus | NP | 1948–1954 | Government of Prime Minister D. F. Malan |
| 1954–1958 | Government of Prime Minister J. G. Strijdom | ||
| 1958–1959 | Government of Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd | ||
| Jim Fouché | NP | 1959–1966 | |
| P. W. Botha | NP | 1966–1978 | Government of Prime Minister B. J. Vorster |
| 1978–1980 | Government of Prime Minister P. W. Botha | ||
| Magnus Malan | NP | 1980–1984 | |
| 1984–1989 | Government of State President P. W. Botha | ||
| 1989–1991 | Government of State President F. W. de Klerk | ||
| Roelf Meyer | NP | 1991–1992 | |
| Gene Louw | NP | 1992–1993 | |
| Kobie Coetsee | NP | 1993–1994 | |
| Joe Modise | ANC | 1994–1999 | Government of President Nelson Mandela |
| Mosiuoa Lekota | ANC | 1999–2008 | Government of President Thabo Mbeki |
| Charles Nqakula | ANC | 2008–2009 | Government of President Kgalema Motlanthe |
| Lindiwe Sisulu | ANC | 2009– | Government of President Jacob Zuma |
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