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 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 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
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