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 Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and her deputy is Thabang Makwetla.
Ministers of Defence[]
| Minister | Party | Term | 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 | 11 May 2009 – 12 June 2012 | Government of President Jacob Zuma |
| Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula | ANC | 12 June 2012 – Present |
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