Cabinet Name: | Second Vorster Cabinet |
Cabinet Number: | 4th |
Jurisdiction: | the Republic of South Africa (since the 1961 Constitution) |
Flag: | Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg |
Flag Border: | true |
Incumbent: | 1970–1974 |
State Head Title: | State President |
State Head: | Jacobus Fouché |
Government Head Title: | Prime Minister |
Government Head: | Johannes Vorster |
Political Party: | National Party |
Legislature Status: | Majority |
Opposition Party: | United Party |
Opposition Leader: | De Villiers Graaff |
Election: | 1970 election |
Previous: | Vorster I |
Successor: | Vorster III |
Prime Minister | Johannes Vorster | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Hilgard Muller | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Defense | Pieter Willem Botha | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Finance | Nicolaas Diederichs | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Home Affairs | Marais Viljoen Theo Gerdener Connie Mulder | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Immigration | Connie Mulder Piet Koornhof | 18 May 1970 1972 | 1972 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Information | Connie Mulder | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Justice and Prisons | Petrus Cornelius Pelser | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Police | Lourens Muller | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Transport | Ben Schoeman | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Labour | Marais Viljoen | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Mining | Carel de Wet Piet Koornhof | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Sports and Recreation | Frank Waring Piet Koornhof | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of the Economy | Lourens Muller | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Bantu Administration and Bantu Education | M. C. Botha | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of National Education | Johannes van der Spuy | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Public Works | Blaar Coetzee Abraham du Plessis | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Agriculture | D. C. H. Uys Hendrik Schoeman | 18 May 1970 1972 | 1972 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry | Fanie Botha | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Welfare and Pensions | Connie Mulder Johannes van der Spuy | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Post, Telegraphs and Telecommunication | Marais Viljoen | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Health | Carel de Wet Schalk van der Merwe | 18 May 1970 1972 | 1972 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of the Environment | Jannie Loots | 1973 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Planning and Statistics | Jannie Loots | 18 May 1970 | 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Tourism and Minister of Indian Affairs | Frank Waring Owen Horwood | 18 May 1970 1972 | 1972 29 April 1974 | |
Minister of Coloured Affairs and Matters of the Rehoboth Homeland | Jannie Loots Schalk van der Merwe | 18 May 1970 1972 | 1972 29 April 1974 |