Second Cabinet of B. J. Vorster

Second Vorster Cabinet

4th Cabinet of the Republic of South Africa
(since the 1961 Constitution)
1970–1974
Johannes Vorster (1960)
Date formed18 May 1970 (1970-05-18)
Date dissolved29 April 1974 (1974-04-29)
People and organisations
State PresidentJacobus Fouché
Prime MinisterJohannes Vorster
Member partyNational Party
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyUnited Party
Opposition leaderDe Villiers Graaff
History
Election1970 election
Legislature terms3 years, 11 months and 11 days
PredecessorVorster I
SuccessorVorster III

Second Cabinet

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Ministry/Portfolio Minister/Incumbent Start End
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