Minister of Defence and 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. The current minister is Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and her deputy is Kebby Maphatsoe.

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	Government of Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog
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	Government of Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd
P. W. Botha	NP	1966–1978	Government of Prime Minister B. J. Vorster
P. W. Botha	NP	1978–1980	Government of Prime Minister P. W. Botha
Magnus Malan	NP	1980–1984	Government of Prime Minister P. W. Botha
		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	26 June 1999 – 25 September 2008	Government of President Thabo Mbeki
Charles Nqakula	ANC	25 September 2008 – 10 May 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	Government of President Jacob Zuma

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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

Military chiefs	Chief of the SANDF: Solly Shoke Chief of Joint Operations: Derrick Mgwebi Chief of the Army: Vusumuzi Masondo Chief of the Navy: Samuel Hlongwane Chief of the Air Force: Fabian Msimang Surgeon-General: Aubrey Sedibe

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