J. B. M. Hertzog government

Hertzog ministry
Hertzog ministry
3rd Cabinet of the Union of South Africa
Date formed	30 June 1924
People and organisations
Head of state	George V; Edward VIII; George VI
Head of government	J. B. M. Hertzog
Member party	National Party
Opposition party	South African Party (1924–1933); Purified National Party (1934–1939)
Opposition leader	Jan Smuts (1924–1933); Daniel François Malan (1934–1939)
History
Election(s)	1924; 1929; 1933; 1938
Predecessor	First Jan Smuts government
Successor	Second Jan Smuts government

Ministers[]

First Hertzog Cabinet[]

The general election of 1924 led to the first political transition since the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910. The training that J. B. M. Hertzog between 1924 and 1929 government was a coalition between the National Party (NP) and the Labour Party (LP).

Office		Dates
Prime Minister and Minister of Native Affairs	J. B. M. Hertzog	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Foreign Affairs	J. B. M. Hertzog	1927 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Agriculture	Jan Kemp	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Defence	Frederic Creswell	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Finance	Nicolaas Havenga	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Justice	Tielman Roos	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of the Interior Minister of Education Minister of Public Health	Daniel François Malan	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Irrigation	Ernest George Jansen	1928 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Lands		30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Labour	Frederic Creswell	30 June 1924 – 1925
Minister of Labour	Thomas Boydell	1925 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Mines and Industry		30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Railways and Harbors		30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929
Minister of Public Works	Thomas Boydell Walter Madeley Henry William Sampson	1924–25 1925–28 1928–29
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs	Thomas Boydell Walter Madeley Henry William Sampson	1924–25 1925–28 1928–29

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Second Hertzog Cabinet[]

The 1929 general election was won by the National Party (41% of votes) due to its absolute majority in seats (78) facing the South African Party who had received 47% of the vote, but only 61 representatives. Although the National Party had a majority government, Hertzog renewed the electoral alliance with the Labour Party (8 elected), Frederic Creswell

Office	Name		Dates
Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs		J. B. M. Hertzog	14 June 1929 – 17 May 1933
Minister of the Interior Minister of Education Minister of Public Health		Daniel François Malan	30 June 1924 – 14 June 1929

Ernest George Jansen, Ministers of Native Affairs and Irrigation
Nicolaas Havenga, Minister of Finance
Oswald Pirow, Minister of Justice
Frederic Creswell, LP, Minister of Defence, Minister of Labour
Minister of Railways and Harbors Charles Wynand Malan
Minister of Lands Peter Grobler
Minister of Agriculture Jan Kemp
Minister of Mines and Industry 
Minister of Public Works and Posts and Telegraphs Henry William Sampson LP

Third Hertzog Cabinet[]

Fourth Hertzog Cabinet[]

References[]

^ "South Africa". 16 October 2007. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

[1] "South Africa". 16 October 2007. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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