Minister of Finance (South Africa)

South Africa Minister of Finance
Flag of South Africa
Incumbent Pravin Gordhan since 14 December 2015
National Treasury
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Jacob Zuma
Inaugural holder	Henry Charles Hull
Formation	31 May 1910
Deputy	Mcebisi Jonas
Salary	R2,211,937
Website	National Treasury

The Minister of Finance is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa who is the political head of the National Treasury. The Minister of Finance is responsible for the financial management of government affairs, drawing up the budget, and developing economic policy (in cooperation with the Minister of Economic Development and the Minister of Trade and Industry). The Minister of Finance is also responsible for Statistics South Africa and the South African Revenue Service.

List of Past Ministers

Minister of Finance, 1910-present

Name		Portrait	Term		Party	President (since 1984)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Henry Charles Hull		15 September 1910	1912	SAP	rowspan=5 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Louis Botha (I) (II)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Jan Smuts		1912	20 October 1915	SAP
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Henry Burton		20 October 1915	1917	SAP
rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Thomas Orr		1917	20 March 1920	SAP
Jan Smuts (takes office after Botha dies)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Henry Burton		20 March 1920	19 June 1924	SAP	style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" |	Jan Smuts (I) (II)
rowspan=1 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	N.C. Havenga		20 June 1924	4 September 1939	NP	style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II) (III) (IV)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |					UP	rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |
rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	J.F.H. Hofmeyer		5 September 1939	25 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)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:Reunited National Party/meta/color" |	N.C. Havenga		26 May 1948	1954	HNP	rowspan=3 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:Reunited National Party/meta/color" |	D.F. Malan (I) (II)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:Reunited National Party/meta/color" |	E.H. Louw		1954	1956	HNP
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:Reunited National Party/meta/color" |	Tom Naudé		1956	15 April 1958	HNP
rowspan=3 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	T.E. Dönges		16 April 1958	1967	NP	rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Strydom (I)
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" |	Nico Diederichs		1967	1975	NP
B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death)
rowspan=2 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" |	Owen Horwood		1975	1984	NP
rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |						P.W. Botha (I) (II)
rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Barend du Plessis		1984	1992	NP
rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |						F.W. de Klerk (I)
rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" |	Derek Keys		1992	19 September 1994	NP
rowspan=3 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" |						Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity)
	Chris Liebenberg		19 September 1994	4 April 1996	None
rowspan=3 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" |	Trevor Manuel		4 April 1996	10 May 2009	ANC
rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" |						Thabo Mbeki (I) (II)
Kgalema Motlanthe (takes office after Mbeki resigns)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" |	Pravin Gordhan		11 May 2009	25 May 2014	ANC	rowspan=4 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" |	Nhlanhla Nene		25 May 2014	9 December 2015	ANC
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" |	David van Rooyen		9 December 2015	13 December 2015	ANC
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" |	Pravin Gordhan		13 December 2015	Incumbent	ANC

External links

• Official website