J. B. M. Hertzog government

Hertzog ministry
3rd Cabinet of the Union of South Africa
Date formed	30 June 1924
People and organisations
Head of state	George V Edward VIII George VI
Head of government	J. B. M. Hertzog
Member party	National Party
Opposition party	South African Party (1924–1933) Purified National Party (1934–1939)
Opposition leader	Jan Smuts (1924–1933) Daniel François Malan (1934–1939)
History
Elections	1924 1929 1933 1938
Predecessor	First Jan Smuts government
Successor	Second Jan Smuts government

J. B. M. Hertzog became the Prime Minister of South Africa on 30 June 1924, replacing Jan Smuts. Hertzog led four cabinets, serving until 5 September 1939.

Ministers

First Hertzog Cabinet

The general election of 1924 led to the first political transition since the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910. The training that J. B. M. Hertzog between 1924 and 1929 government was a coalition between the National Party (NP) and the Labour Party (LP).

Office	Name		Dates
Prime Minister and Minister of Native Affairs		J. B. M. Hertzog	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Foreign Affairs			1927 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Agriculture		Jan Kemp	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Defence		Frederic Creswell	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Finance		Nicolaas Havenga	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Justice		Tielman Roos	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of the Interior Minister of Education Minister of Public Health		Daniel François Malan	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Irrigation		Ernest George Jansen	1928 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Lands		Peter Grobler	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Labour		Frederic Creswell	30 June 1924 – 1925
		Thomas Boydell	1925 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Mines and Industry		Frederick William Beyers	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Railways and Harbors		Charles Wynand Malan	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Public Works		Thomas Boydell Walter Madeley Henry William Sampson	1924–25 1925–28 1928–29
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs		Thomas Boydell Walter Madeley Henry William Sampson	1924–25 1925–28 1928–29

Second Hertzog Cabinet

The 1929 general election was won by the National Party (41% of votes) due to its absolute majority in seats (78) facing the South African Party who had received 47% of the vote, but only 61 representatives. Although the National Party had a majority government, Hertzog renewed the electoral alliance with the Labour Party (8 elected), Frederic Creswell

Office	Name		Dates
Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs		J. B. M. Hertzog	14 June 1929 – 17 May 1933
Minister of the Interior Minister of Education Minister of Public Health		Daniel François Malan	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929

• Ernest George Jansen, Ministers of Native Affairs and Irrigation
• Nicolaas Havenga, Minister of Finance
• Oswald Pirow, Minister of Justice
• Frederic Creswell, LP, Minister of Defence, Minister of Labour
• Minister of Railways and Harbors Charles Wynand Malan
• Minister of Lands Peter Grobler
• Minister of Agriculture Jan Kemp
• Minister of Mines and Industry Adriaan Fourie
• Minister of Public Works and Posts and Telegraphs Henry William Sampson LP

See also

• Prime Minister of South Africa