Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development
Incumbent Jeff Radebe since 10 May 2009
Appointer	Jacob Zuma as President of South Africa
Inaugural holder	J. B. M. Hertzog
Formation	31 May 1910
Deputy	Andries Nel
Website	www.justice.gov.za/contact/cnt min.htm

The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development is the justice minister in the government of South Africa. He is the political head of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, which is responsible for administrative support to the courts, oversight of the National Prosecuting Authority, the provision of legal services to departments of state, and law reform.

As of 2011^[update] the incumbent is Jeff Radebe, who was appointed to the position by President Jacob Zuma in 2009. His deputy is Andries Nel.

List

This list contains all persons to hold the position of justice minister from the founding of the Union of South Africa to the current time (2011):

Minister	Party	Incumbency	Under
J. B. M. Hertzog	SAP	1910–1912	Prime Minister Louis Botha
Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer	SAP	1912–1913
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet	SAP	1913–1919
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet	SAP	1919–1924	Prime Minister Jan Smuts
Tielman Roos	NP	1924–1929	Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog
Oswald Pirow	NP	1929–1933
Jan Smuts	SAP/UP	1933–1939
Colin Fraser Steyn	UP	1939–1945	Prime Minister Jan Smuts
Harry Lawrence	UP	1945–1948	Prime Minister Jan Smuts
Charles Robberts Swart	NP	1948–1954	Prime Minister Daniel François Malan
		1954–1958	Prime Minister Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom
		1958–1959	Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd
Frans Erasmus	NP	1959–1961
B. J. Vorster	NP	1961–1966
Petrus Cornelius Pelser	NP	1966–1974	Prime Minister B. J. Vorster
Jimmy Kruger	NP	1974–1978	Prime Minister B. J. Vorster
Jimmy Kruger	NP	1978–1979	Prime Minister P. W. Botha
Alwyn Schlebusch	NP	1979–1980
Kobie Coetsee	NP	1980–1984
		1984–1989	State President P. W. Botha
		1989–1994	State President F. W. de Klerk
Dullah Omar	ANC	1994–1999	President Nelson Mandela
Penuell Maduna	ANC	1999–2004	President Thabo Mbeki
Brigitte Mabandla	ANC	2004–2008	President Thabo Mbeki
Enver Surty	ANC	2008–2009	President Kgalema Motlanthe
Jeff Radebe	ANC	2009–	President Jacob Zuma

Justice ministers of South Africa

pre-Apartheid (1910-1948)	Hertzog • Sauer • de Wet • Roos • Pirow • Smuts • Steyn • Lawrence

Apartheid-era (1948-1994)	Swart • Erasmus • Vorster • Pelser • Kruger • Schlebusch • Coetsee

Post-Apartheid (1994-present)	Omar • Maduna • Mabandla • Surty • Radebe

Cabinet of South Africa

President of South Africa Deputy President of South Africa

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