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Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Appointer Jacob Zuma Inaugural holder J. B. M. Hertzog Formation 31 May 1910 Deputy Andries Nel Website www.justice.gov.za/contact/cnt min.htm The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development is the justice minister in the government of South Africa. He is the political head of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, which is responsible for administrative support to the courts, oversight of the National Prosecuting Authority, the provision of legal services to departments of state, and law reform.
As of 2011[update] the incumbent is Jeff Radebe, who was appointed to the position by President Jacob Zuma in 2009. His deputy is Andries Nel.
List
This list contains all persons to hold the position of justice minister from the founding of the Union of South Africa to the current time (2011):
Minister Party Incumbency Under J. B. M. Hertzog SAP 1910–1912 Prime Minister Louis Botha Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer SAP 1912–1913 Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet SAP 1913–1919 1919–1924 Prime Minister Jan Smuts Tielman Roos NP 1924–1929 Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog Oswald Pirow NP 1929–1933 Jan Smuts SAP/UP 1933–1939 Colin Fraser Steyn UP 1939–1945 Prime Minister Jan Smuts Harry Lawrence UP 1945–1948 Charles Robberts Swart NP 1948–1954 Prime Minister Daniel François Malan 1954–1958 Prime Minister Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom 1958–1959 Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd Frans Erasmus NP 1959–1961 B. J. Vorster NP 1961–1966 Petrus Cornelius Pelser NP 1966–1974 Prime Minister B. J. Vorster Jimmy Kruger NP 1974–1978 1978–1979 Prime Minister P. W. Botha Alwyn Schlebusch NP 1979–1980 Kobie Coetsee NP 1980–1984 1984–1989 State President P. W. Botha 1989–1994 State President F. W. de Klerk Dullah Omar ANC 1994–1999 President Nelson Mandela Penuell Maduna ANC 1999–2004 President Thabo Mbeki Brigitte Mabandla ANC 2004–2008 Enver Surty ANC 2008–2009 President Kgalema Motlanthe Jeff Radebe ANC 2009– President Jacob Zuma pre-Apartheid (1910-1948) Apartheid-era (1948-1994) Post-Apartheid (1994-present) Cabinet of South Africa Ministers Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries • Arts and Culture • Basic Education • Communications • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs • Correctional Services • Defence and Military Veterans • Economic Development • Energy • Finance • Health • Higher Education and Training • Home Affairs • Human Settlements • International Relations and Cooperation • Justice and Constitutional Development • Labour • Mining • Police • Public Enterprises • Public Service and Administration • Public Works • Rural Development and Land Reform • Science and Technology • Social Development • Sport and Recreation • State Security • The Presidency • The Presidency for the NPC • Tourism • Trade and Industry • Transport • Water and Environmental Affairs • Women, Youth, Children and People with DisabilitiesCategories:- Government ministers of South Africa
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