Third Cabinet of Jan Smuts

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Third Smuts Cabinet
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10th Cabinet of the Union of South Africa
(since the 1909 South Africa Act)
1943–1948
Genl JC Smuts (cropped).jpg
Jan Smuts (c.1934)
Date formed17 July 1943 (1943-07-17)
Date dissolved26 May 1948 (1948-05-26)
(4 years, 10 months and 9 days)
People and organisations
Monarch King George VI
Governor-General
Prime Minister Jan Smuts
Member parties United Party
Status in legislature Majority
Opposition parties Reunited National Party
Opposition leaders Daniël Malan
History
Election 1943 election
Predecessor Hertzog IV
Successor Malan I
(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. Smuts-last-cabinet-1948.jpg
(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

PostMinisterTermParty
Prime Minister Genl JC Smuts (cropped).jpg Gen. Jan Smuts 19391948 UP
Minister of Defence
Minister of External Affairs
Deputy Prime Minister Hofmeyr.jpg The Hon. J. F. H. Hofmeyr MP19431948 UP
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry KoosStrauss.jpg The Hon. J. G. N. Strauss MP19441948 UP
The Hon. W. R. Collins MP19381944 UP
Minister of Economic Development
(renamed in 1944)
SF Waterson.jpg The Hon. Sidney Waterson MP19411948 UP
Minister of Education Hofmeyr.jpg The Hon. J. F. H. Hofmeyr MP19391948 UP
Minister of Finance Hofmeyr.jpg The Hon. J. F. H. Hofmeyr MP19391948 UP
Minister of Interior Affairs
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The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP
19431948 UP
Minister of Justice HG Lawrence.jpg The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP19451948 UP
The Hon. C. F. Steyn MP19391945 UP
Minister of Labour Colin Fraser Steyn.jpg The Hon. C. F. Steyn MP19451948 UP
The Hon. Walter Madeley MP19391945 Labour
Minister of Lands and Irrigation
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The Hon. A. M. Conroy MP
19391948 UP
Minister of Mines Charles Stallard.jpg The Hon. C. F. Stallard MP19391945 Dominion
Minister of Native Affairs
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The Hon. P. V. G. van der Byl MP
19431948 UP
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs
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The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP
19331945 UP
Minister of Public Works
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The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP
19331945 UP
Minister of Transport
(renamed in 1944)
Frederick Sturrock.jpg The Hon. F. C. Sturrock MP19391948 UP
Minister of Welfare and Demobilisation
(merger of Social Welfare and Public Health in 1944)
HG Lawrence.jpg The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP19391948 UP

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