Third Cabinet of Jan Smuts

10th Cabinet of Union of South Africa (since 1909 South Africa Act)
1943
Jan Smuts (c. 1947)
Date formed	17 July 1943 (1943-07-17)
Date dissolved	26 May 1948 (1948-05-26)
People and organisations
Head of state	King George VI
Head of government	Jan Smuts
No. of ministers	10
Ministers removed	2
Member party	United Party
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Reunited National Party
Opposition leader	D.F. Malan
History
Election	1943
Legislature terms	4 years, 10 months and 9 days
Predecessor	Hertzog IV
Successor	Malan I

(c.1948)
From left to right: SF Waterson, Jannie Hofmeyr (front), Pieter van der Byl (back), HG Lawrence, JW Mushet, Jan Smuts, AGF Clarkson, H Gluckman, JGN Strauss and Colin Steyn.

Cabinet

Post		Minister	Term		Party
rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Prime Minister	Gen. Jan Smuts	1939	1948	United Party
Minister of Defence
Minister of External Affairs
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Deputy Prime Minister	The Hon. J.F.H. Hofmeyr MP	1943	1948	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Agriculture and Forestry	The Hon. J.G.N. Strauss MP	1944	1948	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |		The Hon. W.R. Collins MP	1938	1944	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Economic Development (renamed in 1944)	The Hon. Sidney Waterson MP	1941	1948	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Education	The Hon. J.F.H. Hofmeyr MP	1939	1948	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Finance	The Hon. J.F.H. Hofmeyr MP	1939	1948	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Interior Affairs	The Hon. C.F. Clarkson MP	1943	1948	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Justice	The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP	1945	1948	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |		The Hon. C.F. Steyn MP	1939	1945	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Labour	The Hon. C.F. Steyn MP	1945	1948	United Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |		The Hon. Walter Madeley MP	1939	1945	Labour Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Lands and Irrigation	The Hon. A.M. Conroy MP	1939	1948	United Party
style="background-color: Template:Dominion Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Mines	The Hon. C.F. Stallard MP	1939	1945	Dominion Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color"|	Minister of Native Affairs	The Hon. P.V.G. van der Byl MP	1943	1948	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Posts and Telegraphs	The Hon. C.F. Clarkson MP	1933	1945	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Public Works	The Hon. C.F. Clarkson MP	1933	1945	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Transport (renamed in 1944)	The Hon. F.C. Sturrock MP	1939	1948	United Party
style="background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Minister of Welfare and Demobilisation (merger of Social Welfare and Public Health in 1944)	The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP	1939	1948	United Party

Sources

• "Geocities – South Africa". Geocities (Web Archive). Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2007.