Third Cabinet of Jan Smuts

Third Smuts Cabinet
10th Cabinet of the Union of South Africa (since the 1909 South Africa Act)
1943–1948
Jan Smuts (c. 1934)
Date formed	17 July 1943 (1943-07-17)
Date dissolved	26 May 1948 (1948-05-26) (4 years, 10 months and 9 days)
People and organisations
Monarch	King George VI
Governor-General	Sir Patrick Duncan (July 1943) Gideon van Zyl
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.

Cabinet

Post		Minister	Term		Party
	Prime Minister	Gen. Jan Smuts	1939	1948	UP
	Minister of Defence
	Minister of External Affairs
	Deputy Prime Minister	The Hon. J. F. H. Hofmeyr MP	1943	1948	UP
	Minister of Agriculture and Forestry	The Hon. J. G. N. Strauss MP	1944	1948	UP
		The Hon. W. R. Collins MP	1938	1944	UP
	Minister of Economic Development (renamed in 1944)	The Hon. Sidney Waterson MP	1941	1948	UP
	Minister of Education	The Hon. J. F. H. Hofmeyr MP	1939	1948	UP
	Minister of Finance	The Hon. J. F. H. Hofmeyr MP	1939	1948	UP
	Minister of Interior Affairs	The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP	1943	1948	UP
	Minister of Justice	The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP	1945	1948	UP
		The Hon. C. F. Steyn MP	1939	1945	UP
	Minister of Labour	The Hon. C. F. Steyn MP	1945	1948	UP
		The Hon. Walter Madeley MP	1939	1945	Labour
	Minister of Lands and Irrigation	The Hon. A. M. Conroy MP	1939	1948	UP
	Minister of Mines	The Hon. C. F. Stallard MP	1939	1945	Dominion
	Minister of Native Affairs	The Hon. P. V. G. van der Byl MP	1943	1948	UP
	Minister of Posts and Telegraphs	The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP	1933	1945	UP
	Minister of Public Works	The Hon. C. F. Clarkson MP	1933	1945	UP
	Minister of Transport (renamed in 1944)	The Hon. F. C. Sturrock MP	1939	1948	UP
	Minister of Welfare and Demobilisation (merger of Social Welfare and Public Health in 1944)	The Hon. Harry Lawrence MP	1939	1948	UP

Sources

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