Cabinet Vorster III

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

The Vorster III cabinet was formed in South Africa on April 29, 1974 by Prime Minister Balthazar Johannes Vorster of the Nasionale Party (NP) and replaced the Vorster II cabinet . It remained in office until October 10, 1978, when it was replaced by the Botha I cabinet . Balthazar Johannes Vorster himself took over the office of President of South Africa on October 10, 1978 , while the previous Minister of Defense, Pieter Willem Botha, became the new Prime Minister.

Office	Official	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
prime minister	Balthazar Johannes Vorster	April 29, 1974	October 10, 1978
Foreign	Hilgard Muller Pik Botha	April 29, 1974 May 1977	May 1977 October 10th 1978
defense	Pieter Willem Botha	April 29, 1974	October 10, 1978
Finances	Nicolaas Diederichs Owen Horwood	April 29, 1974 February 1975	February 1975 October 10th 1978
Interior	Connie Mulder Alwyn Schlebusch	April 29, 1974 August 1978	August 1978 October 10, 1978
information	Connie Mulder	April 29, 1974	August 1978
Justice, police and the penal system	Jimmy Kruger	April 29, 1974	October 10, 1978
transport	Lourens Muller	April 29, 1974	October 10, 1978
job	Marais Viljoen Stephanus Petrus Botha	April 29, 1974 January 22, 1976	January 22nd 1976 October 10th 1978
Mining	Piet Koornhof Stephanus Petrus Botha	April 29, 1974 January 22, 1976	January 22nd 1976 October 10th 1978
immigration	Piet Koornhof Alwyn Schlebusch	April 29, 1974 January 22, 1976	January 22nd 1976 October 10th 1978
sport and freetime	Piet Koornhof	April 29, 1974	October 10, 1978
economy	Owen Horwood Chris Heunis	April 29, 1974 February 1975	February 1975 October 10th 1978
Bantu Affairs, Education and Development January 1978: Bantu Education and Training	Michiel Coenraad Botha Willem Cruywagen	April 29, 1974 January 1978	January 1978 October 10, 1978
Plural relationships and development	Connie Mulder	January 1978	October 10, 1978
National education	Johannes Petrus van der Spuy Piet Koornhof Willem Cruywagen	April 29, 1974 January 22, 1976 January 1978	January 22, 1976 January 1978 October 10, 1978
Public Works	Abraham du Plessis Alwyn Schlebusch	April 29, 1974 1976	1975 October 10, 1978
Agriculture	Hendrik Schoeman	April 29, 1974	October 10, 1978
Water forests	Stephanus Petrus Botha Abraham Raubenheimer	April 29, 1974 1976	1976 October 10, 1978
Social Security and Pensions January 1978: Social Security and Pensions	Johannes Petrus van der Spuy Frederik Willem de Klerk	April 29, 1974 January 1978	January 1978 October 10, 1978
Post, Telegraph and Telecommunications	Marais Viljoen Johannes Petrus van der Spuy Frederik Willem de Klerk	April 29, 1974 January 22, 1976 January 1978	January 22, 1976 January 1978 October 10, 1978
health	Schalk van der Merwe	April 29, 1974	October 10, 1978
Environment planning and statistics	Jannie Loots Schalk van der Merwe	April 29, 1974 January 23, 1976	January 23, 1976 October 10, 1978
Tourism and affairs of the Indian people	Chris Heunis Marais Steyn	April 29, 1974 February 1975	February 1975 October 10th 1978
Community development	Abraham du Plessis Marais Steyn	April 29, 1974 February 1975	February 1975 October 10th 1978
Matters of Coloreds , Matters of Homeland Rehoboth, and Relations with the Nama 1976: Matters of Coloreds	Schalk van der Merwe Hennie Smit	April 29, 1974 1976	1976 October 10, 1978

Cabinet Vorster III

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