Third Cabinet of Jan Smuts

Prime MinisterJan SmutsMember partyUnited PartyStatus in legislatureMajorityOpposition partyReunited National PartyOpposition leaderDaniël MalanHistoryElection1943 electionLegislature terms4 years, 10 months and 9 daysPredecessorHertzog IVSuccessorMalan I
10th Cabinet of Union of South Africa
(c.1948)
From left to right: S. F. Waterson, Jannie Hofmeyr (front), Pieter van der Byl (back), H. G. Lawrence, J. W. Mushet, Jan Smuts, A. G. F. Clarkson, H. Gluckman, J. G. N. Strauss and Colin Steyn.

Cabinet

Post Minister Term Party
Prime Minister Gen. Jan Smuts 1939 1948 UP
Minister of Defence
Minister of External Affairs
Deputy Prime Minister The Hon. J. F. H. Hofmeyr MP 1943 1948 UP
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry The Hon. J. G. N. Strauss MP 1944 1948 UP
The Hon. W. R. Collins MP 1938 1944 UP
Minister of Economic Development
(renamed in 1944) 		The Hon. Sidney Waterson MP 1941 1948 UP
Minister of Education The Hon. J. F. H. Hofmeyr MP 1939 1948 UP
Minister of Finance The Hon. J. F. H. Hofmeyr MP 1939 1948 UP
Minister of Interior Affairs
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 The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP
1943 1948 UP
Minister of Justice The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP 1945 1948 UP
The Hon. C. F. Steyn MP 1939 1945 UP
Minister of Labour The Hon. C. F. Steyn MP 1945 1948 UP
The Hon. Walter Madeley MP 1939 1945 Labour
Minister of Lands and Irrigation
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 The Hon. A. M. Conroy MP
1939 1948 UP
Minister of Mines The Hon. C. F. Stallard MP 1939 1945 Dominion
Minister of Native Affairs
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 The Hon. P. V. G. van der Byl MP
1943 1948 UP
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs
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 The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP
1933 1945 UP
Minister of Public Works
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 The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP
1933 1945 UP
Minister of Transport
(renamed in 1944) 		The Hon. F. C. Sturrock MP 1939 1948 UP
Minister of Welfare and Demobilisation
(merger of Social Welfare and Public Health in 1944) 		The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP 1939 1948 UP

Sources

  • "Geocities – South Africa". Geocities (Web Archive). Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2007.