Third Cabinet of Jan Smuts
Third Smuts Cabinet | |
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 10th Cabinet of the Union of South Africa (since the 1909 South Africa Act) | |
| 1943–1948 | |
 Jan Smuts (c. 1934) | |
| Date formed | 17 July 1943 (1943-07-17) |
| Date dissolved | 26 May 1948 (1948-05-26) |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | King George VI |
| Governor-General | Sir Patrick Duncan (July 1943) Gideon Brand van Zyl |
| Prime Minister | Jan Smuts |
| Member party | United Party |
| Status in legislature | Majority |
| Opposition party | Reunited National Party |
| Opposition leader | Daniël Malan |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 1943 election |
| Legislature term(s) | 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.
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister |  Gen. Jan Smuts | 1939 | 1948 | UP | |||
| Minister of Defence | |||||||
| Minister of External Affairs | |||||||
| Deputy Prime Minister |  The Hon. J.F.H. Hofmeyr MP | 1943 | 1948 | UP | |||
| Minister of Agriculture and Forestry |  The Hon. J.G.N. Strauss MP | 1944 | 1948 | UP | |||
| The Hon. W.R. Collins MP | 1938 | 1944 | UP | ||||
| Minister of Economic Development (renamed in 1944) |  The Hon. Sidney Waterson MP | 1941 | 1948 | UP | |||
| Minister of Education | The Hon. J.F.H. Hofmeyr MP | 1939 | 1948 | UP | |||
| Minister of Finance | The Hon. J.F.H. Hofmeyr MP | 1939 | 1948 | UP | |||
| Minister of Interior Affairs |
| 1943 | 1948 | UP | |||
| Minister of Justice |  The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP | 1945 | 1948 | UP | |||
| The Hon. C.F. Steyn MP | 1939 | 1945 | UP | ||||
| Minister of Labour |  The Hon. C.F. Steyn MP | 1945 | 1948 | UP | |||
| The Hon. Walter Madeley MP | 1939 | 1945 | Labour | ||||
| Minister of Lands and Irrigation |
| 1939 | 1948 | UP | |||
| Minister of Mines |  The Hon. C.F. Stallard MP | 1939 | 1945 | Dominion | |||
| Minister of Native Affairs |
| 1943 | 1948 | UP | |||
| Minister of Posts and Telegraphs |
| 1933 | 1945 | UP | |||
| Minister of Public Works |
| 1933 | 1945 | UP | |||
| Minister of Transport (renamed in 1944) |  The Hon. F.C. Sturrock MP | 1939 | 1948 | UP | |||
| Minister of Welfare and Demobilisation (merger of Social Welfare and Public Health in 1944) | The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP | 1939 | 1948 | UP | |||
Sources
- "Geocities – South Africa". Geocities (Web Archive). Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2007.
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