Cabinet Vorster II

Balthazar Johannes Vorster was Prime Minister of South Africa between 1966 and 1978

The Vorster II cabinet was formed in South Africa on May 18, 1970 by Prime Minister Balthazar Johannes Vorster of the National Party (NP) and replaced the Vorster I cabinet . It remained in office until April 29, 1974 and was then replaced by the Vorster III cabinet .

Office	Official	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires	Vice Minister
prime minister	Balthazar Johannes Vorster	May 18, 1970	April 29, 1974
Foreign	Hilgard Muller	May 18, 1970	April 29, 1974
defense	Pieter Willem Botha	May 18, 1970	April 29, 1974
Finances	Nicolaas Diederichs	May 18, 1970	April 29, 1974	Abraham du Plessis (1970–1972) Chris Heunis (1972–1974)
Interior	Marais Viljoen Theo Gerdener Connie Mulder	May 18, 1970 1970 1972	1970 1972 April 29, 1974	Schalk van der Merwe (1970–1972) Jimmy Kruger (1972–1974)
Justice prison system	Petrus Cornelius Pelser	May 18, 1970	April 29, 1974
police	Lourens Muller	May 18, 1970	April 29, 1974	Jimmy Kruger (1972–1974)
transport	Ben Schoeman	May 18, 1970	April 29, 1974	Herman Engelbertus Martins (1970–1972) Johannes Wilhelm Rall (1972–1974)
job	Marais Viljoen	May 18, 1970	April 29, 1974
Mining	Carel de Wet Piet Koornhof	May 18, 1970 August 23, 1972	August 23, 1972 April 29, 1974
sport and freetime	Frank Waring Piet Koornhof	May 18, 1970 1972	1972 April 29, 1974
immigration	Connie Mulder Piet Koornhof	May 18, 1970 1972	1972 April 29, 1974
economy	Lourens Muller	May 18, 1970	April 29, 1974	Abraham du Plessis (1970–1972) Chris Heunis (1972–1974)
Affairs, Education and Development of the Bantu	Michiel Coenraad Botha	May 18, 1970	April 29, 1974	Development of the Bantu: Theo Gerdener (1970) Abraham Raubenheimer (1970–1974) Administration and formation of the Bantu: Piet Koornhof (1970–1972)
National education	Johannes Petrus van der Spuy	May 18, 1970	April 29, 1974
Public Works Community Development	Blaar Coetzee Abraham du Plessis	May 18, 1970 1972	1972 April 29, 1974
Agriculture	DCH Uys Hendrik Schoeman	May 18, 1970 1972	1972 April 29, 1974	Hendrik Schoeman (1970–1972)
Water forests	Stephanus Petrus Botha	May 18, 1970	April 29, 1974
Post and Telegraphy 1970: Post, Telegraphy and Telecommunications	Matthys van Rensburg Marais Viljoen	May 18, 1970 1970	1970 April 29, 1974
health	Carel de Wet Schalk van der Merwe	May 18, 1970 August 23, 1972	August 23, 1972 April 29, 1974
Social and Pensions	Connie Mulder Johannes Petrus van der Spuy	May 18, 1970 1972	1972 April 29, 1974	Schalk van der Merwe (1970–1972) Jimmy Kruger (1972–1974)
information	Connie Mulder	May 18, 1970	April 29, 1974
Tourism affairs of the Indian people	Frank Waring Owen Horwood	May 18, 1970 1972	1972 April 29, 1974
environment	Jannie Loots	1973	April 29, 1974
Planning and statistics	Jannie Loots	May 18, 1970	April 29, 1974
Affairs of Coloreds Affairs of Homeland Rehoboth	Jannie Loots Schalk van der Merwe	May 18, 1970 1972	1972 April 29, 1974	Schalk van der Merwe (1970–1972)

Cabinet Vorster II

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