Minister of International Relations and Cooperation

South Africa Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
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Incumbent Maite Nkoana-Mashabane since 11 May 2009
Department of International Relations and Cooperation
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Jacob Zuma
Inaugural holder	J. B. M. Hertzog
Formation	1927
Deputy	Nomaindiya Mfeketo Luwellyn Landers
Salary	R2,211,937^[1]
Website	Department of International Relations and Cooperation

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation is the foreign minister of the South African government, with political responsibility for South Africa's foreign relations and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation. The present minister is Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, who was appointed by President Jacob Zuma on 10 May 2009.

After the creation of the Union of South Africa as a British dominion in 1910 its foreign relations were initially carried out by the British Foreign Office. However, in 1927 the South African government established a Department of External Affairs. From 1927 until 1955 the Prime Minister also served as foreign minister.^[2]

List of foreign ministers of South Africa

Minister	Party	Incumbency	Under
J. B. M. Hertzog	NP/UP	1927–1939	The foreign ministry was held by the Prime Minister
Jan Smuts	UP*	1939–1948
D. F. Malan	NP	1948–1954
J. G. Strijdom	NP	1954–1955
Eric Louw	NP	1955–1958	Government of Prime Minister J. G. Strijdom
Eric Louw	NP	1958–1964	Government of Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd
Hilgard Muller	NP	1964–1966	Government of Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd
Hilgard Muller	NP	1966–1977	Government of Prime Minister B. J. Vorster
Pik Botha	NP	1977–1978	Government of Prime Minister B. J. Vorster
		1978–1984	Government of Prime Minister P. W. Botha
		1984–1989	Government of State President P. W. Botha
		1989–1994	Government of State President F. W. de Klerk
Alfred Nzo	ANC	1994–1999	Government of President Nelson Mandela
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma	ANC	1999–2008	Government of President Thabo Mbeki
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma	ANC	2008–2009	Government of President Kgalema Motlanthe
Maite Nkoana-Mashabane	ANC	11 May 2009 – Present	Government of President Jacob Zuma

References

↑ "Determination salaries and allowances of the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers", Proclamation No. 3 of 2015.
↑ "South African Ministries, etc.". Rulers. Retrieved 21 August 2011.

External links

Department of International Relations and Cooperation

Foreign ministers of South Africa

Pre-Apartheid (1910–1948)	Hertzog Smuts

Apartheid-era (1948–1994)	Malan Strijdom Louw Muller Botha

Post-Apartheid (1994–present)	Nzo Dlamini-Zuma Nkoana-Mashabane

Note: Until the appointment of Louw in 1955 the Prime Minister was also foreign minister.

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