Minister of Finance (South Africa)

South Africa Minister of Finance
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Incumbent Pravin Gordhan since 14 December 2015
National Treasury
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Jacob Zuma
Inaugural holder	Henry Charles Hull
Formation	31 May 1910
Deputy	Buti Kgwaridi Manamelai
Salary	R2,211,937^[1]
Website	National Treasury

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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.

List of Past Ministers

Minister of Finance, 1910-present

	Term		Party
Henry Charles Hull	15 September 1910	1912	SAP	Louis Botha (I) (II)
Jan Smuts	1912	20 October 1915	SAP
Henry Burton	20 October 1915	1917	SAP
Thomas Orr	1917	20 March 1920	SAP
Thomas Orr	1917	20 March 1920	SAP	Jan Smuts (takes office after Botha dies)
Henry Burton	20 March 1920	19 June 1924	SAP	Jan Smuts (I) (II)
N.C. Havenga	20 June 1924	4 September 1939	NP	J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II) (III) (IV)
N.C. Havenga	20 June 1924	4 September 1939	UP	J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II) (III) (IV)
J.F.H. Hofmeyer	5 September 1939	25 May 1948	UP	Jan Smuts (takes office after Hertzog resignation)
J.F.H. Hofmeyer	5 September 1939	25 May 1948	UP	Jan Smuts (III)
N.C. Havenga	26 May 1948	1954	HNP	D.F. Malan (I) (II)
E.H. Louw	1954	1956	HNP
Tom Naudé	1956	15 April 1958	HNP
T.E. Dönges	16 April 1958	1967	NP	Strydom (I)
				Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death)
				Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
Nico Diederichs	1967	1975	NP	Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
				B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death)
				B.J. Vorster (I) (II) (III)
Owen Horwood	1975	1984	NP	B.J. Vorster (I) (II) (III)
Owen Horwood	1975	1984	NP	P.W. Botha (I) (II)
Barend du Plessis	1984	1992	NP	P.W. Botha (I) (II)
Barend du Plessis	1984	1992	NP	F.W. de Klerk (I)
Derek Keys	1992	19 September 1994	NP	F.W. de Klerk (I)
Derek Keys	1992	19 September 1994	NP	Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity)
Chris Liebenberg	19 September 1994	4 April 1996	None
Trevor Manuel	4 April 1996	10 May 2009	ANC
				Thabo Mbeki (I) (II)
				Kgalema Motlanthe (takes office after Mbeki resigns)
Pravin Gordhan	11 May 2009	25 May 2014	ANC	Jacob Zuma (I) (II)
Nhlanhla Nene	25 May 2014	9 December 2015	ANC
David van Rooyen	9 December 2015	13 December 2015	ANC
Pravin Gordhan	13 December 2015	Incumbent	ANC

References

↑ "Determination salaries and allowances of the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers", Proclamation No. 3 of 2015.

External links

Official website

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