Minister of Health (South Africa)

In the South African government, the minister of health is the member of the national Cabinet responsible for the Department of Health, and therefore for national health policy and the administration of public health. The position is of particular importance in South Africa because of the massive impact of the AIDS pandemic in the country.

List of ministers +List of ministers responsible for health, 1919presentNo.MinisterPortraitTermPartyPresident/Prime Minister1Thomas Watt19191921SAPBothaSmuts2Patrick Duncan19211924UPSmuts3D.F. Malan19241933NPHertzog4Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr19331936SAPHertzog5Richard Stuttaford19361939UPHertzogSmuts6Harry Gordon Lawrence19391945UPSmuts7Henry Gluckman19451948UPSmutsMalan819481951NPMalan9Karl Bremer19511953NPMalan1019531954NPMalanStrijdom11Tom Naudé19541956NPStrijdom12Johannes Hendrikus Viljoen19561957NPStrijdom1319581958NPStrijdomVerwoerd14Albert Hertzog19581968NPStrijdomVerwoerdVorster15Carel de Wet19681972NPVorster16Schalk van der Merwe [af]19721979NPVorsterBotha1719791982NPBotha1819821985NPBotha19Willie van Niekerk19851989NPBothade Klerk20Rina Venter19891994NPBothade Klerk21Nkosazana Dlamini-ZumaMay 1994May 1999ANCMandela22Manto Tshabalala-MsimangJune 199925 September 2008ANCMandelaMbeki23Barbara Hogan25 September 200810 May 2009ANCMotlantheZuma24Aaron Motsoaledi11 May 200929 May 2019ANCZumaRamaphosa25Zweli Mkhize30 May 20198 June 2021ANCRamaphosa -Mmamoloko Kubayi (acting)9 June 20215 August 2021ANCRamaphosa26Joe Phaahla6 August 202119 June 2024ANCRamaphosa27Aaron Motsoaledi3 July 2024IncumbentANCRamaphosa

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See also Health minister

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