South Africa Minister of Finance
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Incumbent Enoch Godongwana since 5 August 2021
National Treasury
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Cyril Ramaphosa
Inaugural holder	Henry Charles Hull
Formation	1910-05-31
Deputy	David Masondo
Salary	R2,211,937[1]
Website	National Treasury

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The minister of Finance is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa who is the political head of the National Treasury. The minister of Finance is responsible for the financial management of government affairs, drawing up the budget, and developing economic policy (in cooperation with the minister of Economic Development and the minister of Trade and Industry). The minister of Finance is also responsible for the South African Revenue Service.

List, 1910–present

Name		Portrait	Term		Party	President (since 1984)
	Henry Charles Hull		1910-09-15	1912	SAP		Louis Botha (I) (II)
	Jan Smuts		1912	1915-10-20	SAP
	Henry Burton		1915-10-20	1917	SAP
	Thomas Orr		1917	1920-03-20	SAP
							Jan Smuts (takes office after Botha dies)
	Henry Burton		1920-03-20	1924-06-19	SAP		Jan Smuts (I) (II)
	N.C. Havenga		1924-06-20	1939-09-04	NP		J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II) (III) (IV)
					UP
	J.F.H. Hofmeyer		1939-09-08	1948-05-25	UP		Jan Smuts (takes office after Hertzog resignation)
							Jan Smuts (III)
	N.C. Havenga		1948-05-24	1954	HNP		D.F. Malan (I) (II)
	E.H. Louw		1954	1956	HNP
	Tom Naudé		1956	1958-04-15	HNP
	T.E. Dönges		1958-04-16	1967	NP		Strydom (I)
							Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death)
							Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
	Nico Diederichs		1967	1975	NP
							B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death)
							B.J. Vorster (I) (II) (III)
	Owen Horwood		1975	1984	NP
							P.W. Botha (I) (II)
	Barend du Plessis		1984	1992	NP
							F.W. de Klerk (I)
	Derek Keys		1992	1994-09-19	NP
							Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity)
	Chris Liebenberg		1994-09-19	1996-04-04	None
	Trevor Manuel		1996-04-04	2009-05-10	ANC
							Thabo Mbeki (I) (II)
							Kgalema Motlanthe (takes office after Mbeki resigns)
	Pravin Gordhan		2009-05-11	2014-05-25	ANC		Jacob Zuma (I) (II)
	Nhlanhla Nene		2014-05-25	2015-12-09	ANC
	David van Rooyen		2015-12-09	2015-12-13	ANC
	Pravin Gordhan		2015-12-13	2017-03-31	ANC
	Malusi Gigaba		2017-03-31	2018-02-27	ANC
	Nhlanhla Nene		2018-02-27	2018-10-09	ANC		Cyril Ramaphosa
	Tito Mboweni[2]		2018-10-09	2021-08-05	ANC
	Enoch Godongwana		2021-08-05	present	ANC