Minister of Defence and Military Veterans

South Africa Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
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Incumbent Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula since 12 June 2012
Department of Defence Department of Military Veterans
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Jacob Zuma
Inaugural holder	Lindiwe Sisulu
Formation	10 May 2009
Deputy	Kebby Maphatsoe
Salary	R2,211,937^[1]
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 Past Ministers

	Term		Party
Jan Smuts	15 September 1910	27 August 1919	SAP	Louis Botha (I) (II)
Hendrik Mentz	28 August 1919	19 June 1924	SAP	Louis Botha (I) (II)
				Jan Smuts (takes office after Botha dies)
				Jan Smuts (I) (II)
Frederic_Creswell	20 June 1924	17 May 1933	LP	J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II)
Oswald Pirow	18 May 1933	4 September 1939	NP	J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II)
Oswald Pirow	18 May 1933	4 September 1939	UP	J.B.M. Hertzog (III) (IV)
Jan Smuts	5 September 1939	26 May 1948	UP
				Jan Smuts (takes office after Hertzog resignation)
				Jan Smuts (III)
F.C. Erasmus	26 May 1948	1959	HNP	D.F. Malan (I) (II)
F.C. Erasmus	26 May 1948	1959	NP	Strydom (I)
J.J. Fouché	1959	30 March 1966	NP	Strydom (I)
				Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death)
				Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
P.W. Botha	30 March 1966	28 April 1981	NP	Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
				B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death)
				B.J. Vorster (I) (II) (III)
Magnus Malan	29 April 1981	1991	NP	P.W. Botha (I) (II)
Magnus Malan	29 April 1981	1991	NP	F.W. de Klerk (I)
Roelf Meyer	1991	1992	NP
Gene Louw	1992	1993	NP
Kobie Coetsee	1993	9 May 1994	NP
Joe Modise	10 May 1994	25 June 1999	ANC	Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity)
Mosiuoa Lekota	24 June 1999	19 September 2008	ANC	Thabo Mbeki (I) (II)
Charles Nqakula	20 September 2008	21 April 2009	ANC	Kgalema Motlanthe (takes office after Mbeki resigns)
Lindiwe Sisulu	22 April 2009	12 June 2012	ANC	Jacob Zuma (I) (II)
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula	12 June 2012	2013	ANC	Jacob Zuma (I) (II)

Name		Portrait	Term		Party	President
	Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula		2013	Incumbent	ANC		Jacob Zuma (I) (II)

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Senior officials in the South African Department of Defence

Civilian officials	Minister of Defence and Military Veterans: Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Deputy Minister: Thabang Makwetla Secretary for Defence: Sam Makhudu Gulube

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