First Cabinet of Jan Smuts

Gen. Jan Smuts became Prime Minister, after Louis Botha's death in September 1919. In the general election of 1920, with 134 seats elected to the lower house, the South African Party led by Jan Smuts was ahead by three seats against the National Party (44 seats). Both parties then found themselves forced to form alliances with third parties (unionists and labour) to form the new government. The South African Party was quick to form an alliance with the pro-British Unionist Party (25 seats) and Jan Smuts was reappointed prime minister. Shortly after in the same year, the Unionists agreed to join the South African Party and early general elections were held in February 1921.

Cabinet
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 * Prime Minister
 * rowspan=2|[[Image:Genl JC Smuts.jpg|60px]]  Gen. Jan Smuts
 * rowspan=2|1919
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 * Minister of Native Affairs
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 * Minister of Agriculture
 * 1920
 * 1921
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 * Minister of Defence
 * 1919
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 * Minister of Education
 * 1919
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 * Minister of Education
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 * Minister of Education


 * 1910
 * 1921
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 * Minister of Finance
 * 1920
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 * Minister of Public Health
 * 1919
 * 1921
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 * Minister of Interior Affairs
 * 1921
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 * Minister of Interior Affairs
 * Minister of Interior Affairs


 * 1919
 * 1921
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 * Minister of Justice
 * 1913
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 * Minister of Lands and Irrigation
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 * Minister of Lands and Irrigation
 * Minister of Lands and Irrigation


 * 1916
 * 1921
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 * Minister of Mines and Industry
 * 1912
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 * Minister of Posts and Telegraphs
 * [[Image:James Graaff.png|60px]]  The Hon. Jacobus Graaff MP 
 * 1920
 * 1921
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 * Minister of Public Works
 * [[Image:James Graaff.png|60px]]  The Hon. Jacobus Graaff MP 
 * 1920
 * 1921
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 * Minister of Railways and Harbours
 * 1921
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 * Minister of Railways and Harbours
 * Minister of Railways and Harbours


 * 1912
 * 1921
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