Minister of Finance (South Africa)

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The Minister of Finance is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa who is the political head of the National Treasury. The Minister of Finance is responsible for the financial management of government affairs, drawing up the budget, and developing economic policy (in cooperation with the Minister of Economic Development and the Minister of Trade and Industry). The Minister of Finance is also responsible for Statistics South Africa and the South African Revenue Service.

Nhlanhla Nene is the incumbent minister, having succeeded Pravin Gordhan in 2014.

List

#	Name	Party	Term
1	Henry Charles Hull (1866–1942)	South African Party	1910–1912
2	Jan Smuts (1870–1950)	South African Party	1912–1915
3	David Pieter de Villiers Graaff (1859–1931)	South African Party	1915–1916
4	Henry Burton (1857–1937)	South African Party	1916–1917
5	Thomas Orr (1870–1950)	South African Party	1917–1920
6	Henry Burton (1857–1937)	South African Party	1920–1924
7	Nicolaas Havenga (1882–1957)	National Party	1924–1939
8	Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (1894–1948)	United Party	1939–1948
9	Claud Sturrock (1882–1958)	United Party	1948
10	Nicolaas Havenga (1882–1957)	National Party	1948–1954
11	Eric Louw (1890–1968)	National Party	1954–1956
12	Jozua François Naudé (1889–1969)	National Party	1956–1961
13	Theophilus Donges (1898–1968)	National Party	1961–1967
14	Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs (1903–1978)	National Party	1967–1975
15	Owen Horwood (1916–1998)	National Party	1975–1984
16	Barend du Plessis (born in 1940)	National Party	1984–1992
17	Derek Keys (born in 1934)	National Party	1992–1994
18	Chris Liebenberg (born in 1934)	Non-affiliated	1994–1996
19	Trevor Manuel (born in 1956)	ANC	4 April 1996 – 10 May 2009
20	Pravin Gordhan (born in 1949)	ANC	11 May 2009 - 25 May 2014
21	Nhlanhla Nene (born in 1958)	ANC	25 May 2014 - Present

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