- Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
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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 and the South African National Defence Force. The current minister is Lindiwe Sisulu and her deputy is Thabang Makwetla.
Ministers of Defence
Minister Party Incumbency Under Jan Smuts SAP 1910–1920 Government of Prime Minister Louis Botha Hendrik Mentz SAP 1920–1924 Government of Prime Minister Jan Smuts Frederic Creswell Labour 1924–1933 Government of Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog Oswald Pirow NP / UP 1933–1939 Jan Smuts UP 1939–1948 Government of Prime Minister Jan Smuts Frans Erasmus NP 1948–1954 Government of Prime Minister D. F. Malan 1954–1958 Government of Prime Minister J. G. Strijdom 1958–1959 Government of Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd Jim Fouché NP 1959–1966 P. W. Botha NP 1966–1978 Government of Prime Minister B. J. Vorster 1978–1980 Government of Prime Minister P. W. Botha Magnus Malan NP 1980–1984 1984–1989 Government of State President P. W. Botha 1989–1991 Government of State President F. W. de Klerk Roelf Meyer NP 1991–1992 Gene Louw NP 1992–1993 Kobie Coetsee NP 1993–1994 Joe Modise ANC 1994–1999 Government of President Nelson Mandela Mosiuoa Lekota ANC 1999–2008 Government of President Thabo Mbeki Charles Nqakula ANC 2008–2009 Government of President Kgalema Motlanthe Lindiwe Sisulu ANC 2009– Government of President Jacob Zuma See also
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- Government ministers of South Africa
- Defence ministers of South Africa
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