Second cabinet of Hendrik Verwoerd

Second Verwoerd Cabinet

2nd Cabinet of the Republic of South Africa
(since the 1961 Constitution)
1966
Hendrik Verwoerd (1960)
Date formed30 March 1966 (1966-03-30)
Date dissolved6 September 1966 (1966-09-06)
(5 months and 7 days)
People and organisations
Charles Swart
Hendrik Verwoerd
Member parties
National Party
Status in legislature
Majority
Opposition parties
United Party
Opposition leaders
De Villiers Graaff
History
Election1966 election
PredecessorVerwoerd I
SuccessorVorster I

The second cabinet of Hendrik Verwoerd refers to the ministers who comprised the second government of South African apartheid-era prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd following the dissolution of the first Verwoerd government. Mere months after the second Verwoerd government was inaugurated, Verwoerd was murdered and succeeded as prime minister by John Vorster.

Cabinet postMinisterStartEnd
Prime MinisterHendrik Verwoerd1 April 19666 September 1966
Minister of Foreign AffairsHilgard Muller1 April 19666 September 1966
Minister of DefensePieter Botha1 April 19666 September 1966
Minister of FinanceEben Dönges1 April 19666 September 1966
Minister of InteriorP. K. Le Roux1 April 19666 September 1966
Minister of Justice
Minister of Police
Johannes Vorster1 April 19666 September 1966
Minister of TransportBen Schoeman1 April 19666 September 1966
Minister of Labour
Minister of Minorities
Marais Viljoen1 April 19666 September 1966
Minister of MiningJan Haak1 April 19666 September 1966
Minister of EconomyNicolaas Diederichs1 April 19666 September 1966
Minister of Bantu Administration and Development
Minister of Bantu Education
M. C. Botha1 April 19666 September 1966
Minister of Public Works
Minister of Social Security and Pensions
W. A. Maree1 April 19666 September 1966
Minister of Education, Arts and Science
Minister of Information
Jan de Klerk1. April 19666. September 1966
Minister of Forestry, Tourism and SportFrank Waring1 April 19666 September 1966
Minister of Agricultural Credit and Land AdministrationD. C. H. Uys1 April 19666 September 1966
Minister of Water and Agricultural Technical ServicesJacobus Fouché1 April 19666 September 1966
Minister of Post and Telegraphy
Minister of Health
Albert Hertzog1 April 19666 September 1966
Minister of Immigration
Minister of Indian Affairs
Alfred Trollip1 April 19666 September 1966