Second Cabinet of Jan Smuts

Second Smuts Cabinet
4th Cabinet of the Union of South Africa (since the 1909 South Africa Act)
1921–1924
Jan Smuts (c. 1934)
Date formed	8 February 1921 (1921-02-08)
Date dissolved	19 June 1924 (1924-06-19) (3 years, 4 months and 11 days)
People and organisations
Monarch	King George V
Governor-General	Prince Arthur (until 1924) Earl of Athlone
Prime Minister	Jan Smuts
Member parties	South African Party
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition parties	National Party
Opposition leaders	Barry Hertzog
History
Election	1921 election
Predecessor	Smuts I
Successor	Hertzog I

(c.1923)
Front (left to right): Thomas Watt, F. S. Malan, Jan Smuts, Thomas Smartt, and Henry Burton.
Back (left to right): Nicolaas de Wet, Deneys Reitz, Patrick Duncan, John William Jagger, and Hendrik Mentz.

Cabinet

Post		Minister	Term		Party
	Prime Minister	Gen. Jan Smuts	1919	1924	SAP
	Minister of Agriculture	The Hon. Deneys Reitz MP	1921	1924	SAP
	Minister of Defence	The Hon. Hendrik Mentz MP	1919	1924	SAP
	Minister of Education	The Hon. Patrick Duncan MP	1921	1924	SAP
	Minister of Finance	The Hon. Henry Burton MP	1920	1924	SAP
	Minister of Public Health	The Hon. Patrick Duncan MP	1921	1924	SAP
	Minister of Interior Affairs	The Hon. Patrick Duncan MP	1921	1924	SAP
	Minister of Justice	The Hon. Nicolaas de Wet MP	1913	1924	SAP
	Minister of Lands and Irrigation	The Hon. Deneys Reitz MP	1921	1924	SAP
	Minister of Mines and Industry	The Hon. F. S. Malan MP	1912	1924	SAP
	Minister of Native Affairs	Gen. Jan Smuts	1919	1924	SAP
	Minister of Posts and Telegraphs	The Hon. Thomas Watt MP	1921	1924	SAP
	Minister of Public Works	The Hon. Thomas Watt MP	1921	1924	SAP
	Minister of Railways and Harbours	The Hon. John W. Jagger MP	1921	1924	SAP

Sources

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