Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (South Africa)
South Africa Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
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Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
Appointer | Jacob Zuma |
Inaugural holder | Tina Joemat-Peterson |
Formation | 10 May 2009 |
Deputy | Bheki Cele |
Salary | R2,211,937[1] |
Website | Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is a Minister of the Cabinet of South Africa, with political executive responsibility for the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and for the Agricultural Research Council, the National Agricultural Marketing Council, Onderstepoort Biological Products, the Perishable Products Export Control Board, and Ncera Farms.[2]
The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries portfolio was created in the 2009 cabinet reorganization after the election of President Jacob Zuma; the Minister inherited the responsibility for agriculture from the Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, the responsibility for fisheries from the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, and the responsibility for forestry from the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry. The first Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was Tina Joemat-Peterson and her deputy was Pieter Mulder. The current Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is Senzeni Zokwana with Bheki Cele has his deputy.[3]
List of Past Ministers
Minister of Agriculture, 1910-1933
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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Louis Botha | 31 May 1910 | 28 June 1912 | SAP | Louis Botha (I) (II) | |||
J.W. Sauer | 28 June 1912 | 24 July 1913 | |||||
Louis Botha | 1913 | 1913 | |||||
H.C. van Heerden | 1913 | 20 March 1920 | |||||
F.S. Malan | |
20 March 1920 | 8 February 1921 | SAP | Jan Smuts (I) (II) | ||
Deneys Reitz | 8 February 1921 | 19 June 1924 | |||||
Jan Kemp | 19 June 1924 | 17 May 1933 | NP | J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II) | |||
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, 1933-1948
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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Jan Kemp | 1934 | 1935 | UP | J.B.M. Hertzog (III) (IV) | |||
Deneys Reitz | 1935 | 18 May 1938 | |||||
W.R. Collins | |
18 May 1938 | 17 July 1943 | ||||
Jan Smuts (takes office after Hertzog resignation) | |||||||
J.G.N. Strauss | 17 July 1943 | 26 May 1948 | UP | Jan Smuts (III) | |||
Minister of Agriculture, 1948-1958
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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S.P. le Roux | 26 May 1948 | 16 April 1958 | HNP | D.F. Malan (I) (II) | |||
Minister of Water Affairs and Agricultural Technical Services, 1958-1966
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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P.K. le Roux | 16 April 1958 | 30 March 1966 | NP | Strydom (I) | |||
Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death) | |||||||
Minister of Agriculture and Water Affairs, 1966-1968
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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J.J. Fouché | 30 March 1966 | 10 April 1968 | NP | Hendrik Verwoerd (II) | |||
B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death) | |||||||
Minister of Agriculture, 1968-1981
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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D.C.H. Uys | 10 April 1968 | 1972 | NP | B.J. Vorster (I) (II) (III) | |||
Hendrik Schoeman | 1972 | 29 April 1981 | |||||
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1981-1982
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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Pietie du Plessis | 29 April 1981 | 1982 | NP | P.W. Botha (I) | |||
Minister of Agriculture, 1982-1991
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | President (since 1984) | |||
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J.J.G. Wentzel | 1982 | 6 September 1989 | NP | P.W. Botha (I) (II) | |||
Jacob de Villiers | 6 September 1989 | 1991 | NP | F.W. de Klerk (I) | |||
Minister of Agriculture and Development, 1991-1994
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | President | |||
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Kraai van Niekerk | 1991 | 10 May 1994 | NP | F.W. de Klerk (I) | |||
Minister of Agriculture, 1994-1996
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | President | |||
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Kraai van Niekerk | 10 May 1994 | 1996 | NP | Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity) | |||
Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, 1996-2009
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | President | |||
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Derek Hanekom | 1996 | 14 June 1999 | ANC | Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity) | |||
Thoko Didiza | 14 June 1999 | 22 May 2006 | ANC | Thabo Mbeki (I) (II) | |||
Lulama Xingwana | 22 May 2006 | 9 May 2009 | |||||
Kgalema Motlanthe (takes office after Mbeki resigns) | |||||||
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 2009-present
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | President | |||
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Tina Joemat-Peterson | 9 May 2009 | 24 May 2014 | ANC | Jacob Zuma (I) (II) | |||
Senzeni Zokwana | 24 May 2014 | Incumbent | |||||
References
- ↑ "Determination salaries and allowances of the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers", Proclamation No. 3 of 2015.
- ↑ "DAFF Structure" (PDF). Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
- ↑ "Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the appointment of the new Cabinet" (Press release). Government Communication & Information System. 10 May 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009.