- Source: Minister of Agriculture (South Africa)
The Minister of Agriculture is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa since 2024, when the corresponding department was split from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. It holds the political executive responsibility for the Department of Agriculture, and for the Agricultural Research Council, the National Agricultural Marketing Council, Onderstepoort Biological Products, the Perishable Products Export Control Board, and Ncera Farms.
The agriculture portfolio was created in the 2024 cabinet reorganisation after the re-election of President Cyril Ramaphosa as part of the government of national unity. The current Minister of Agriculture is John Steenhuisen.
List of agriculture ministers
In the past, several other ministerial posts and portfolios included, or were exclusively responsible for, agriculture. The following is a historical list of these posts' official titles and their corresponding office holders.
= Minister of Agriculture, 1910-1933
== Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, 1933-1948
== Minister of Agriculture, 1948-1958
== Minister of Water Affairs and Agricultural Technical Services, 1958-1966
== Minister of Agriculture and Water Affairs, 1966-1968
== Minister of Agriculture, 1968-1981
== Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1981-1982
== Minister of Agriculture, 1982-1991
== Minister of Agriculture and Development, 1991-1994
== Minister of Agriculture, 1994-1996
== Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, 1996-2009
== Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 2009-2019
== Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, 2019-2024
== Minister of Agriculture 2024-present
=References
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- Minister of Agriculture (South Africa)
- Minister of Finance (South Africa)
- Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (South Africa)
- Minister of Police (South Africa)
- Minister of Transport (South Africa)
- Minister of Education (South Africa)
- Minister of Tourism (South Africa)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs
- Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development
