Cabinet of J. G. Strijdom

Strydom Cabinet

12th Cabinet of the Union of South Africa
(since the 1909 South Africa Act)
1958–1961
Johannes Strydom (c. 1958)
Date formed16 April 1958 (1958-04-16)
Date dissolved8 October 1961 (1961-10-08)
(3 years, 5 months and 22 days)
People and organisations
MonarchQueen Elizabeth II
Governor-General
Prime Minister
Member partiesNational Party
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partiesUnited Party
Opposition leadersDe Villiers Graaff
History
Election1958 election
PredecessorMalan II
SuccessorVerwoerd I


The cabinet of J. G. Strijdom refers to the ministers who comprised the government of South African apartheid-era prime minister Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom from 1958 until he was succeed as prime minister by Hendrik Verwoerd. Included in the cabinet was Nico Diederichs, future president of South Africa following the severing of ties with the British Monarchy.

Cabinet

Post Minister Term Party
Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd 1958 – NP
Johannes Strydom 1958 1958 NP
Deputy Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd 1958 1958 NP
Minister of Defence The Hon. Jacobus Fouché MP 1959 – NP
The Hon. F. C. Erasmus MP 1948 1959 NP
Minister of Economic Affairs The Hon. Nicolaas Diederichs MP 1958 – NP
Minister of Education, Arts and Science The Hon. J. J. Serfontein MP 1958 1961 NP
Minister of Finance The Hon. Eben Dönges MP 1958 – NP
Minister of Foreign Affairs The Hon. E. H. Louw MP 1955 – NP
Minister of Forestry
(merged with Water Affairs in 1959) 		The Hon. F. C. Erasmus MP 1956 1959 NP
Minister of Health The Hon. Albert Hertzog MP 1958 – NP
Minister of Interior Affairs The Hon. Tom Naudé MP 1958 1961 NP
Minister of Justice The Hon. F. C. Erasmus MP 1959 – NP
The Hon. Charles Swart MP 1948 1959 NP
Minister of Labour The Hon. Jan de Klerk MP 1954 1961 NP
Minister of Lands and Irrigation The Hon. P. O. Sauer MP 1954 – NP
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs The Hon. Albert Hertzog MP 1954 – NP
Minister of Public Works The Hon. P. O. Sauer MP 1958 – NP
Minister of Social Welfare and Pensions
(renamed in 1958) 		The Hon. J. J. Serfontein MP 1954 – NP
Minister of Transport The Hon. B. J. Schoeman MP 1954 – NP
Minister of Water Affairs and
Agricultural Technical Services 		The Hon. P. K. le Roux MP 1958 – NP

Sources

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  • "Inventory of the private collection of BJ Schoeman" (PDF). University of Free State Archive. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  • "Inventory of the private collection of JJ Serfontein" (PDF). University of Free State Archive. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
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