Minister of Finance (South Africa)

Cabinet post in South Africa

South Africa Minister of Finance
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Incumbent Enoch Godongwana since 5 August 2021
National Treasury
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Cyril Ramaphosa
Inaugural holder	Henry Charles Hull
Formation	1910-05-31
Deputy	David Masondo (ANC) Ashor Sarupen (DA)
Salary	R2,211,937
Website	National Treasury

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The minister of finance is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa who is the political head of the National Treasury. The minister of finance is responsible for the financial management of government affairs, drawing up the budget, and developing economic policy (in cooperation with the minister of economic development and the minister of trade and industry). The minister of finance is also responsible for the South African Revenue Service.

List, 1910–present

	Term		Party	President (since 1984)
Henry Charles Hull	1910-05-31	1912	SAP		Louis Botha (I) (II)
Jan Smuts	1912	1915-10-20	SAP
Sir David Graaff	1915	1916
Henry Burton	1916	1917	SAP
Thomas Orr	1917	1920-03-20	SAP
Thomas Orr	1917	1920-03-20	SAP	Jan Smuts (takes office after Botha dies)
Henry Burton	1920-03-20	1924-06-19	SAP		Jan Smuts (I) (II)
N.C. Havenga	1924-06-20	1939-09-04	NP		J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II) (III) (IV)
N.C. Havenga	1924-06-20	1939-09-04	UP		J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II) (III) (IV)
J.F.H. Hofmeyer	1939-09-08	1948-05-25	UP		Jan Smuts (takes office after Hertzog resignation)
J.F.H. Hofmeyer	1939-09-08	1948-05-25	UP		Jan Smuts (III)
N.C. Havenga	1948-05-24	1954	HNP		D.F. Malan (I) (II)
E.H. Louw	1954	1956	HNP
Tom Naudé	1956	1958-04-15	HNP
T.E. Dönges	1958-04-16	1967	NP		Strydom (I)
					Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death)
					Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
Nico Diederichs	1967	1975	NP		Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
					B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death)
					B.J. Vorster (I) (II) (III)
Owen Horwood	1975	1984	NP		B.J. Vorster (I) (II) (III)
Owen Horwood	1975	1984	NP		P.W. Botha (I) (II)
Barend du Plessis	1984	1992	NP		P.W. Botha (I) (II)
Barend du Plessis	1984	1992	NP		F.W. de Klerk (I)
Derek Keys	1992	1994-09-19	NP		F.W. de Klerk (I)
Derek Keys	1992	1994-09-19	NP		Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity)
Chris Liebenberg	1994-09-19	1996-04-04	None
Trevor Manuel	1996-04-04	2009-05-10	ANC
					Thabo Mbeki (I) (II)
					Kgalema Motlanthe (takes office after Mbeki resigns)
Pravin Gordhan	2009-05-11	2014-05-25	ANC		Jacob Zuma (I) (II)
Nhlanhla Nene	2014-05-25	2015-12-09	ANC
David van Rooyen	2015-12-09	2015-12-13	ANC
Pravin Gordhan	2015-12-13	2017-03-31	ANC
Malusi Gigaba	2017-03-31	2018-02-27	ANC
Nhlanhla Nene	2018-02-27	2018-10-09	ANC		Cyril Ramaphosa
Tito Mboweni	2018-10-09	2021-08-05	ANC
Enoch Godongwana	2021-08-05		ANC

References

"Determination salaries and allowances of the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers Archived 29 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine", Proclamation No. 3 of 2015.
Pather, Ra'eesa (9 October 2018). "Nene out: Tito Mboweni appointed new finance minister". Mail & Guardian Online. Kiri Rupiah, Franny Rabkin. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

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