Cabinet of J. G. Strijdom

Strydom Cabinet

12th Cabinet of the Union of South Africa
(since the 1909 South Africa Act)
1958–1961
Johannes Strydom (c. 1958)
Date formed16 April 1958 (1958-04-16)
Date dissolved8 October 1961 (1961-10-08)
(3 years, 5 months and 22 days)
People and organisations
MonarchQueen Elizabeth II
Governor-General
Prime Minister
Member partiesNational Party
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partiesUnited Party
Opposition leadersDe Villiers Graaff
History
Election1958 election
PredecessorMalan II
SuccessorVerwoerd I


The cabinet of J. G. Strijdom refers to the ministers who comprised the government of South African apartheid-era prime minister Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom from 1958 until he was succeed as prime minister by Hendrik Verwoerd. Included in the cabinet was Nico Diederichs, future president of South Africa following the severing of ties with the British Monarchy.

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