Minister of Health (South Africa)

South Africa Minister of Health
List 10 other official names: Minister van Gesondheid (Afrikaans) uNgqongqotjhe wezamaPhilo (Southern Ndebele) UMphathiswa wezeMpilo (Xhosa) Induna Yezemphilo (Zulu) Indvuna Yetemphilo (Swazi) Tona ya Maphelo (Northern Sotho) Letona la Bophelo bo Botle (Sotho) Tona ya Boitekanelo (Tswana) Holobye ya Rihanyo (Tsonga) Minisiṱa wa Mutakalo (Venda)
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Incumbent Aaron Motsoaledi since 3 July 2024
Department of Health
Style	The Honourable
Deputy	Deputy Minister of Health
Salary	R2,211,937 [1]
Website	Department of Health

In the South African government, the minister of health is the member of the national Cabinet responsible for the Department of Health, and therefore for national health policy and the administration of public health. The position is of particular importance in South Africa because of the massive impact of the AIDS pandemic in the country.

List of ministers

List of ministers responsible for health, 1919–present

No.	Minister	Portrait	Term		Party		President/Prime Minister
1	Thomas Watt		1919	1921	SAP		Botha  • Smuts
2	Patrick Duncan'		1921	1924	UP		Smuts
3	D.F. Malan		1924	1933	NP		Hertzog
4	Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr		1933	1936	SAP		Hertzog
5	Richard Stuttaford		1936	1939	UP		Hertzog  • Smuts
6	Harry Gordon Lawrence		1939	1945	UP		Smuts
7	Henry Gluckman		1945	1948	UP		Smuts  • Malan
8	Albert Jacobus Stals  [ af ]		1948	1951	NP		Malan
9	Karl Bremer		1951	1953	NP		Malan
10	Albertus Johannes Roux van Rhijn  [ af ]		1953	1954	NP		Malan  • Strijdom
11	Tom Naudé		1954	1956	NP		Strijdom
12	Johannes Hendrikus Viljoen		1956	1957	NP		Strijdom
13	M.D.C. de Wet Nel  [ af ]		1958	1958 [a]	NP		Strijdom  • Verwoerd
14	Albert Hertzog		1958	1968	NP		Strijdom  • Verwoerd  • Vorster
15	Carel de Wet		1968	1972	NP		Vorster
16	Schalk van der Merwe [ af ]		1972	1979	NP		Vorster  • Botha
17	Lourens Munnik  [ af ]		1979	1982	NP		Botha
18	Cornelis van der Merwe  [ af ]		1982	1985	NP		Botha
19	Willie van Niekerk		1985	1989	NP		Botha  • de Klerk
20	Rina Venter		1989	1994	NP		Botha  • de Klerk
21	Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma		May 1994	May 1999	ANC		Mandela
22	Manto Tshabalala-Msimang		June 1999	25 September 2008	ANC		Mandela  • Mbeki
23	Barbara Hogan		25 September 2008	10 May 2009	ANC		Motlanthe  • Zuma
24	Aaron Motsoaledi		11 May 2009	29 May 2019	ANC		Zuma  • Ramaphosa
25	Zweli Mkhize		30 May 2019	8 June 2021	ANC		Ramaphosa
-	Mmamoloko Kubayi (acting)		9 June 2021	5 August 2021	ANC		Ramaphosa
26	Joe Phaahla		6 August 2021	19 June 2024	ANC		Ramaphosa
27	Aaron Motsoaledi		3 July 2024	Incumbent	ANC		Ramaphosa

Notes

1. The exact dates of de Wet Nel's tenure as minister are unclear; however, it is believed that he served for less than twelve months during 1958.

See also

• Health minister

References

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