Minister of Defence and Military Veterans

South Africa Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
Incumbent Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula since 12 June 2012
Department of Defence Department of Military Veterans
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Cyril Ramophosa
Inaugural holder	Lindiwe Sisulu
Formation	10 May 2009
Deputy	Kebby Maphatsoe
Salary	R 2,211,937
Website	Department of Defence Department of Military Veterans

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

Minister of Defence, 1910–2013

Name		Portrait	Term		Party	President (since 1984)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Jan Smuts		15 September 1910	27 August 1919	SAP	rowspan=3 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Louis Botha (I) (II)
rowspan=3 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Hendrik Mentz		28 August 1919	19 June 1924	SAP
Jan Smuts (takes office after Botha dies)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |						Jan Smuts (I) (II)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:Labour Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Frederic Creswell		20 June 1924	17 May 1933	LP	rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Oswald Pirow		18 May 1933	4 September 1939	NP
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |					UP	rowspan=3 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	J.B.M. Hertzog (III) (IV)
rowspan=3 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Jan Smuts		5 September 1939	26 May 1948	UP
Jan Smuts (takes office after Hertzog resignation)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |						Jan Smuts (III)
rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:Reunited National Party/meta/color" |	F.C. Erasmus		26 May 1948	1959	HNP	style="width:1%;background-color: Template:Reunited National Party/meta/color" |	D.F. Malan (I) (II)
NP					rowspan=3 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Strydom (I)
rowspan=3 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:Reunited National Party/meta/color" |	J.J. Fouché		1959	30 March 1966	NP
Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death)
rowspan=3 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |						Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
rowspan=3 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	P.W. Botha		30 March 1966	28 April 1981	NP
B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |						B.J. Vorster (I) (II) (III)
rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Magnus Malan		29 April 1981	1991	NP	style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	P.W. Botha (I) (II)
rowspan=4 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |						F.W. de Klerk (I)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Roelf Meyer		1991	1992	NP
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Gene Louw		1992	1993	NP
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Kobie Coetsee		1993	9 May 1994	NP
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" |	Joe Modise		10 May 1994	25 June 1999	ANC	style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" |	Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" |	Mosiuoa Lekota		24 June 1999	19 September 2008	ANC	rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" |	Thabo Mbeki (I) (II)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" |	Charles Nqakula		20 September 2008	21 April 2009	ANC	Kgalema Motlanthe (takes office after Mbeki resigns)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" |	Lindiwe Sisulu		22 April 2009	12 June 2012	ANC	rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" |	Jacob Zuma (I) (II)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" |	Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula		12 June 2012	2013	ANC

Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, 2013–present

Name		Portrait	Term		Party	President
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" |	Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula		2013	Incumbent	ANC	style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" |	Jacob Zuma (I) (II) Cyril Ramaphosa (I) (II)