Minister of Finance (South Africa)

South Africa Minister of Finance
Coat of Arms
Flag of South Africa
Incumbent Pravin Gordhan since 14 December 2015
National Treasury
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Jacob Zuma
Inaugural holder	Henry Charles Hull
Formation	31 May 1910
Deputy	Buti Kgwaridi Manamelai
Salary	R2,211,937
Website	National Treasury

The Minister of Finance is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa who is the political head of the National Treasury. The Minister of Finance is responsible for the financial management of government affairs, drawing up the budget, and developing economic policy (in cooperation with the Minister of Economic Development and the Minister of Trade and Industry). The Minister of Finance is also responsible for Statistics South Africa and the South African Revenue Service.

List of Past Ministers

Minister of Finance, 1910-present

Name		Portrait	Term		Party	President (since 1984)
	Henry Charles Hull		15 September 1910	1912	SAP		Louis Botha (I) (II)
	Jan Smuts	75px	1912	20 October 1915	SAP
	Henry Burton		20 October 1915	1917	SAP
	Thomas Orr		1917	20 March 1920	SAP
							Jan Smuts (takes office after Botha dies)
	Henry Burton		20 March 1920	19 June 1924	SAP		Jan Smuts (I) (II)
	N.C. Havenga		20 June 1924	4 September 1939	NP		J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II) (III) (IV)
					UP
	J.F.H. Hofmeyer		5 September 1939	25 May 1948	UP		Jan Smuts (takes office after Hertzog resignation)
							Jan Smuts (III)
	N.C. Havenga		26 May 1948	1954	HNP		D.F. Malan (I) (II)
	E.H. Louw	75px	1954	1956	HNP
	Tom Naudé	75px	1956	15 April 1958	HNP
	T.E. Dönges		16 April 1958	1967	NP		Strydom (I)
							Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death)
							Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
	Nico Diederichs	75px	1967	1975	NP
							B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death)
							B.J. Vorster (I) (II) (III)
	Owen Horwood	75px	1975	1984	NP
							P.W. Botha (I) (II)
	Barend du Plessis		1984	1992	NP
							F.W. de Klerk (I)
	Derek Keys		1992	19 September 1994	NP
							Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity)
	Chris Liebenberg	75px	19 September 1994	4 April 1996	None
	Trevor Manuel		4 April 1996	10 May 2009	ANC
							Thabo Mbeki (I) (II)
							Kgalema Motlanthe (takes office after Mbeki resigns)
	Pravin Gordhan		11 May 2009	25 May 2014	ANC		Jacob Zuma (I) (II)
	Nhlanhla Nene		25 May 2014	9 December 2015	ANC
	David van Rooyen		9 December 2015	13 December 2015	ANC
	Pravin Gordhan		13 December 2015	Incumbent	ANC

External links

• Official website