Second Cabinet of Louis Botha

Second Botha Cabinet
2nd Cabinet of the Union of South Africa (since the 1909 South Africa Act)
1915–1920
Louis Botha (c. 1919)
Date formed	20 October 1915 (1915-10-20)
Date dissolved	20 March 1920 (1920-03-20) (4 years and 5 months)
People and organisations
Monarch	King George V
Governor-General	Viscount Buxton
Prime Minister	Louis Botha (died 1919) Jan Smuts
Member parties	South African Party
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition parties	Unionist Party
Opposition leaders	Thomas Smartt
History
Election	1915 election
Predecessor	Botha I
Successor	Smuts I

Cabinet

Post		Minister	Term		Party
	Prime Minister	Gen. Jan Smuts	1919	–	SAP
		Gen. Louis Botha	1910	1919	SAP
	Minister of Agriculture	The Hon. H. C. van Heerden MP	1913	1920	SAP
	Minister of Defence	The Hon. Hendrik Mentz MP	1919	–	SAP
		The Hon. Jan Smuts MP	1912	1919	SAP
	Minister of Education	The Hon. F. S. Malan MP	1910	–	SAP
	Minister of Finance	The Hon. Thomas Orr MP	1917	1920	SAP
		The Hon. Henry Burton MP	1915	1917	SAP
	Minister of Public Health (newly formed)	The Hon. Thomas Watt MP	1919	–	SAP
	Minister of Interior Affairs	The Hon. Thomas Watt MP	1919	–	SAP
		Gen. Jan Smuts	1913	1919	SAP
	Minister of Justice	The Hon. Nicolaas de Wet MP	1913	–	SAP
	Minister of Lands and Irrigation	The Hon. Hendrik Mentz MP	1915	–	SAP
	Minister of Mines and Industry	The Hon. F. S. Malan MP	1912	–	SAP
	Minister of Native Affairs	Gen. Jan Smuts	1919	–	SAP
		Gen. Louis Botha	1912	1919	SAP
	Minister of Posts and Telegraphs	The Hon. Thomas Orr MP	1919	1920	SAP
		The Hon. J. H. M. Beck MP	1915	1919	SAP
	Minister of Public Works	The Hon. Thomas Watt MP	1912	1920	SAP
	Minister of Railways and Harbours	The Hon. Henry Burton MP	1912	–	SAP

Sources

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