List of Prime Ministers of South Africa

From 1910 to 1984 the government of South Africa was led by a prime minister , initially in the Union of South Africa and from 1961 in the Republic of South Africa. This office was abolished during the term of office of Pieter Willem Botha with the new constitution (1984) and the office of president was given executive powers.

South African Union

#	Surname	image	Life dates	Taking office	Official fee	Political party
1	Louis Botha		1862-1919	May 31, 1910	August 27, 1919	South African Party
2	Jan Christiaan Smuts		1870-1950	September 3, 1919	June 30, 1924	South African Party
3	Barry Hertzog		1866-1942	June 30, 1924	September 5, 1939	National Party / United Party
-	Jan Christiaan Smuts		1870-1950	September 5, 1939	June 4, 1948	United Party
4th	Daniel François Malan		1874-1959	June 4, 1948	November 30, 1954	National Party
5	Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom		1893-1958	November 30, 1954	August 24, 1958	National Party
6th	Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd		1901-1966	2nd September 1958	September 6, 1966	National Party

The conversion to a republic took place on May 31, 1961.

Republic of South Africa

#	Surname	image	Life dates	Taking office	Official fee	Political party
1	Balthazar Johannes Vorster		1915-1983	September 13, 1966	2nd October 1978	National Party
2	Pieter Willem Botha		1916-2006	October 9, 1978	3rd September 1984	National Party

The constitutional reform of 1983 led to the abolition of the office of prime minister and that of a representative state president in 1984 and replaced them with the function of a state president with strong executive powers.

See also

• List of heads of state of South Africa

Web links

Commons : Prime Minister of South Africa  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files